Overall Green Earthquake alert in Spain on 17 Mar 2011 10:01 UTC

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M 3 in Spain on 17 Mar 2011 10:01 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:	3.0M
Depth:	Km
Lat/Lon:	44.22 , -2.26
Event Date:	17 Mar 2011 10:01 UTC 17 Mar 2011 10:01 Local
Exposed Population:	200000 people within 100km
Source:	EMSC
Inserted at:	18 Mar 2011 09:29 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	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
105741		0.5	17 Mar 2011 10:01	3M, 2km	N/A	200 thousand (in 100km)		23:28	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 France , Region of Aquitaine (population 2,850,095) .

Radius	Population
100 km	270000 people
75 km	no people
50 km	no people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Aquitaine	France	2.9 million people
Pais Vasco	Spain	2.1 million people
Navarra	Spain	530000 people
Cantabria	Spain	530000 people
Castilla y Leon	Spain	2.7 million people
Midi-Pyrenees	France	2.3 million people
Poitou-Charentes	France	1.6 million people
La Rioja	Spain	260000 people
Aragon	Spain	1.2 million people
Asturias	Spain	1.1 million people
Pays de la Loire	France	3.1 million people
Cataluna	Spain	6.1 million people
Limousin	France	740000 people
Castilla-La Mancha	Spain	1.7 million people
Languedoc-Roussillon	France	1.9 million people
Bretagne	France	2.9 million people
Andorra	Andorra	55000 people
Auvergne	France	1.4 million people
Madrid	Spain	4.9 million people
Centre	France	2.4 million people
Galicia	Spain	2.8 million people
Valenciana	Spain	3.8 million people
Braganca	Portugal	160000 people
Basse-Normandie	France	1.4 million people
Vila Real	Portugal	240000 people
Rhone-Alpes	France	5.4 million people

Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Mimizan	50	Civ.	Paved	No	3400	88 km
Parentis	30	Civ.	Paved	No	2600	92 km
Boucali	12				0	95 km
Cazaux	25	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7800	97 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Capbreton		France	92 km
Cape Ferret		France	94 km
Bermeo		Spain	96 km
Lequeitio		Spain	97 km
Biarritz	FRBIQ	France	99 km
Ondarroa		Spain	100 km

More information

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