Overall Green Earthquake alert in Romania on 23 Sep 2016 23:11 UTC

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M 5.6 in Romania on 23 Sep 2016 23:11 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude:	5.6M
Depth:	94 Km
Lat/Lon:	45.76 , 26.63
Event Date:	23 Sep 2016 23:11 UTC 24 Sep 2016 02:11 Local
Exposed Population:	1924117 people within 100km
Source:	EMSC 532801
Inserted at:	23 Sep 2016 23:46 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
EMSC	n.a.		n.a
532801	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1140955	n.a	23 Sep 2016 23:11	5.6M, 88.25km	N/A	1.9 million (in 100km)	00:15	NEIC
1140956	n.a	23 Sep 2016 23:11	5.6M, 80km	N/A	1.8 million (in 100km)	00:22	EMSC
1140957	n.a	23 Sep 2016 23:11	5.6M, 94km	N/A	1.9 million (in 100km)	00:34	EMSC

The episode that generated the alert; the next major evaluations beyond 12 hours will not trigger additional alerts.

The episode that has the last updated information.

* The max MMI detected for sources having shakemaps;
** The population detected in MMI>=7 for episode with shakemap or in a 100km radius;
*** The tsunami max height.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Romania ,of Brasov (population 69) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1140955	45.723/26.627	5.6	88.25	23 Sep 2016 23:33	00:22	(new episode)
2	1140955	45.723/26.627	5.6	88.25	24 Sep 2016 01:15	02:04	(upd of #1)
3	1140955	45.723/26.627	5.6	88.25	14 Oct 2016 06:04	20d 06:53	(upd of #2)
4	1140955	45.723/26.627	5.6	88.25	07 Nov 2016 06:48	44d 07:37	(upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Brasov	Romania	<1000 people
Prahova	Romania	89000 people
Harghita	Romania	41000 people
Vaslui	Romania	<1000 people
Dimbovita	Romania	5000 people
Bucuresti	Romania	95000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Telega	Prahova	Romania	Village	6200 people	94 km
Breaza Cîmpina	Prahova	Romania	City	-	96 km
Cîmpina	Prahova	Romania	City	-	96 km
Baicoi	Prahova	Romania	City	19000 people	97 km
Breaza	Prahova	Romania	Village	18000 people	97 km
Magureni	Dimbovita	Romania	Village	-	103 km
Dascalu	Bucuresti	Romania	Village	-	128 km
Voslobeni	Harghita	Romania	Village	-	128 km
Suseni	Harghita	Romania	Village	5000 people	133 km
Afumati	Bucuresti	Romania	City	-	136 km
Ciumani	Harghita	Romania	Village	4400 people	137 km
Ganeasa	Bucuresti	Romania	Village	-	138 km
Joseni	Harghita	Romania	Village	5600 people	138 km
Voluntari	Bucuresti	Romania	City	30000 people	142 km
Lazarea	Harghita	Romania	Village	-	142 km
Remetea	Harghita	Romania	Village	6100 people	151 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
		300				0	95 km
Bucharest Baneasa	BBU	72	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10400	142 km
Lazarea		762				0	144 km

More information

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