M 4.7 in Iran on 30 Jan 2011 18:58 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: 4.7M
Depth: 36.6 Km
Lat/Lon: 27.3396 , 53.4237
Event Date: 30 Jan 2011 18:58 UTC
30 Jan 2011 22:28 Local
Exposed Population:
320000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC usb00016j9
Inserted at: 30 Jan 2011 20:20 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usb00016j9 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

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
103682 0.5 30 Jan 2011 18:58 4.7M, 36.6km N/A 320 thousand (in 100km) 01:22 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 Iran , Province of Fars (population 4,146,405) .

Radius Population
100 km 400000 people
75 km 210000 people
50 km 120000 people
20 km 27000 people
10 km 6100 people
5 km <1000 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Country Region Province Population
Iran Fars 4.1 million people
Iran Hormozgan 990000 people
Iran Bushehr 790000 people

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
Lamerd LFM 410 Civ. Paved Yes 7200 21 km
Lavan Island LVP 22 Civ. Paved Yes 6800 60 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Muqam Iran 44 km
Jazireh Ye Lavan IRLVP Iran 62 km

More information

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