Overall Green Earthquake alert in Islamic Republic of Iran on 26 Oct 2020 21:34 UTC

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:	5.0M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	32.1316 , 56.0348
Event Date:	26 Oct 2020 21:34 UTC 27 Oct 2020 01:04 Local
Exposed Population:	About 81000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us6000cdjs
Inserted at:	26 Oct 2020 21:55 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.6 (Islamic Republic of Iran)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000cdjs	Scaled population (vector)	4.83
	C1 earthquake	1.29
	C2 earthquake	0.26
	Country Vulnerability	0.55
	INFORM_normalised	0.94

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1339811		0	26 Oct 2020 21:34	5M, 10km	N/A	80 thousand (in 100km)		00:20	NEIC

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

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* 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 Islamic Republic of Iran , Province of Yazd (population 745,249) . The nearest places are Ab Dooghi, Deh Now-e Dasht, Behabad, Javadiyeh, Bu'iabad, Ashterk, Ab Hoseyn, Arij, Zarigan, Dasht-e Khan, and Gazman.

Radius	Population
100 km	82000 people
75 km	28000 people
50 km	16000 people
20 km	3000 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Yazd	Islamic Republic of Iran	750000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Ab Dooghi	Yazd	Iran	Village	-	11 km
Deh Now-e Dasht	Yazd	Iran	Village	-	19 km
Behabad	Yazd	Iran	Village	-	29 km
Javadiyeh	Yazd	Iran	Village	-	35 km
Bu'iabad	Yazd	Iran	Village	-	36 km
Ashterk	Yazd	Iran	Village	-	42 km
Ab Hoseyn	Yazd	Iran	Village	-	46 km
Arij	Kerman	Iran	Village	-	47 km
Zarigan	Yazd	Iran	Village	-	49 km
Dasht-e Khan	Kerman	Iran	Village	-	56 km
Sirusabad	Yazd	Iran	Village	-	56 km
Jalalabad	Kerman	Iran	Village	-	57 km
Nargan	Yazd	Iran	Village	-	58 km
Abriz	Yazd	Iran	Village	-	64 km
Bab-e Kham	Kerman	Iran	Village	-	68 km
Darreh Buhabad	Yazd	Iran	Village	-	68 km
'Aliabad	Kerman	Iran	Village	-	70 km
Gazman	Kerman	Iran	Village	-	70 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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