Overall Green Earthquake alert in Pakistan from 02 Feb 2006 21:49 UTC to 21:48

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M 4.9 in Pakistan from 02 Feb 2006 21:49 UTC to 21:48

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:	4.9M
Depth:	Km
Lat/Lon:	34.26 , 74.36
Event Date:	02 Feb 2006 21:48 UTC 03 Feb 2006 03:18 Local
Exposed Population:	4690000 people within 100km
Source:	EMSC
Inserted at:	02 Feb 2006 23:25 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
EMSC	0.5		0.5
	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.

Episode Timeline

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
16223	0.5	02 Feb 2006 21:49	4.9M, 60km	N/A	2.9 million (in 100km)	01:20	EMSC
16224	0.5	02 Feb 2006 21:48	4.9M, 33km	N/A	4.7 million (in 100km)	01:36	EMSC
16225	0.5	02 Feb 2006 21:49	5M, 10km	N/A	5.7 million (in 100km)	01:37	NEIC

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 Pakistan , Province of North-west Frontier (population 16,643,640) . The nearest places are Domela, Shenkhor, Gidar, Pokal, Panjnadi, Lari, Domel, Dadabund, Paras, Jabori, and Harban.

Radius	Population
100 km	7.9 million people
75 km	4 million people
50 km	1.4 million people
20 km	84000 people
10 km	27000 people
5 km	8000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
North-west Frontier	Pakistan	16.6 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Domela	North West Frontier	Pakistan	Village	-	9 km
Shenkhor	North West Frontier	Pakistan	Village	-	11 km
Gidar	North West Frontier	Pakistan	Village	-	20 km
Pokal	North West Frontier	Pakistan	Village	-	22 km
Panjnadi	North West Frontier	Pakistan	Village	-	24 km
Lari	North West Frontier	Pakistan	Village	-	24 km
Domel	North West Frontier	Pakistan	Village	-	31 km
Dadabund	North West Frontier	Pakistan	Village	-	33 km
Paras	North West Frontier	Pakistan	Village	-	35 km
Jabori	North West Frontier	Pakistan	Village	-	38 km
Bagnu	North West Frontier	Pakistan	Village	-	38 km
Dadai	North West Frontier	Pakistan	Village	-	40 km
Patan	North West Frontier	Pakistan	Village	-	40 km
Sangar	North West Frontier	Pakistan	Village	-	41 km
Banda Chochun	North West Frontier	Pakistan	Village	-	41 km
Dandai	North West Frontier	Pakistan	Village	-	42 km
Banda	North West Frontier	Pakistan	Village	-	43 km
Burawai	North West Frontier	Pakistan	Village	-	44 km
Batgram	North West Frontier	Pakistan	Village	-	45 km
Gran	Azad Kashmir	Pakistan	Village	-	47 km
Seri	Azad Kashmir	Pakistan	Village	-	48 km
Ahal	North West Frontier	Pakistan	Village	-	48 km
Chachargah	North West Frontier	Pakistan	Village	-	48 km
Baffa	North West Frontier	Pakistan	Village	14000 people	49 km
Panda Bhek	Northern Areas	Pakistan	Village	-	50 km
Bajmohari	North West Frontier	Pakistan	Village	-	51 km
Daber	North West Frontier	Pakistan	Village	-	51 km
Sur Banda	North West Frontier	Pakistan	Village	-	53 km
Fazildin-Ki-Basti	North West Frontier	Pakistan	Village	-	54 km
Shang	North West Frontier	Pakistan	Village	-	57 km
Jatkol	North West Frontier	Pakistan	Village	-	58 km
Arab Kehan	North West Frontier	Pakistan	Village	-	58 km
Gali Bagh	North West Frontier	Pakistan	Village	-	59 km
Dulur	Azad Kashmir	Pakistan	Village	-	60 km
Dharra	North West Frontier	Pakistan	Village	-	61 km
Halil	North West Frontier	Pakistan	Village	-	61 km
Balgiran	Azad Kashmir	Pakistan	Village	-	61 km
Keran	Jammu & Kashmir	India	Village	-	62 km
Biaso	North West Frontier	Pakistan	Village	-	62 km
Nagar	Northern Areas	Pakistan	Village	-	64 km
Saral Baihk	North West Frontier	Pakistan	Village	-	66 km
Alagram	North West Frontier	Pakistan	Village	-	66 km
Kamach	North West Frontier	Pakistan	Village	-	66 km
Banda-i- Sazin	North West Frontier	Pakistan	Village	-	66 km
Muzaffarabad	Azad Kashmir	Pakistan	Village	18000 people	67 km
Sazin	Northern Areas	Pakistan	Village	-	67 km
Biradhat	Northern Areas	Pakistan	Village	-	67 km
Babusar	Northern Areas	Pakistan	Village	-	68 km
Asharai	North West Frontier	Pakistan	Village	-	68 km
Manshera	North West Frontier	Pakistan	Village	-	69 km
Harban	Northern Areas	Pakistan	Village	-	69 km

see full list

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
Muzaffarabad	MFG	831	Civ.	Paved	No	3000	67 km
Mansehra	HRA	unknown				0	69 km
Chilas	CHB	unknown				0	83 km
Saidu Sharif	SDT	914	Civ.	Paved	No	6000	95 km

More information

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