Overall Green Earthquake alert in Spain on 10 Jul 2011 22:54 UTC

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M 4.2 in Spain on 10 Jul 2011 22:54 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:	4.2M
Depth:	Km
Lat/Lon:	38.35 , -1.11
Event Date:	10 Jul 2011 22:54 UTC 11 Jul 2011 00:54 Local
Exposed Population:	2740000 people within 100km
Source:	EMSC
Inserted at:	10 Jul 2011 23:19 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
110494		0.5	10 Jul 2011 22:54	4.2M, 10km	N/A	2.7 million (in 100km)		00:25	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 Spain , Autonomous Community of Murcia (population 1,030,537) . The nearest places are Casa de la Fuente de la Zarza, Pinoso, Algüeña, Barinas, Macisbenda, Barbarroja, Boquera del Carche, Casablanca, Abanilla, Alforins, and Albacete.

Radius	Population
100 km	3.6 million people
75 km	2.6 million people
50 km	1.5 million people
20 km	34000 people
10 km	11000 people
5 km	1200 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Murcia	Spain	1 million people
Valenciana	Spain	3.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Casa de la Fuente de la Zarza	Murcia	Spain	Village	-	4 km
Pinoso	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	Village	7000 people	8 km
Algüeña	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	Village	-	9 km
Barinas	Murcia	Spain	Village	-	10 km
Macisbenda	Murcia	Spain	Village	-	13 km
Barbarroja	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	Village	-	15 km
Boquera del Carche	Murcia	Spain	Village	-	15 km
Casablanca	Murcia	Spain	Village	-	16 km
Abanilla	Murcia	Spain	Village	6000 people	17 km
Alforins	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	Village	-	17 km
Cañadas de Don Ciro	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	Village	-	18 km
Hondón de los Frailes	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	Village	-	18 km
Fortuna	Murcia	Spain	Village	7800 people	19 km
La Romana	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	Village	2300 people	19 km
Caserío Los Cabañiles	Murcia	Spain	Village	-	23 km
Hondón de las Nieves	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	Village	-	23 km
La Murada	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	Village	-	23 km
Jumilla	Murcia	Spain	City	24000 people	24 km
Caserío Los Valientes	Murcia	Spain	Village	-	25 km
Salinas	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	Village	1400 people	25 km
Monóvar	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	City	-	25 km
Benferri	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	Village	1500 people	26 km
Albatera	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	Village	10000 people	28 km
Crevillente	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	City	-	29 km
Granja de Rocamora	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	Village	2100 people	29 km
Yecla	Murcia	Spain	City	33000 people	29 km
Abarán	Murcia	Spain	Village	-	29 km
Blanca	Murcia	Spain	Village	6000 people	29 km
Novelda	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	Village	25000 people	30 km
Ulea	Murcia	Spain	Village	<1000 people	30 km
Ojós	Murcia	Spain	Village	-	30 km
Cieza	Murcia	Spain	City	33000 people	30 km
Aljau	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	Village	-	30 km
Aspe	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	Village	18000 people	30 km
Villanueva del Río Segura	Murcia	Spain	Village	-	30 km
Elda	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	City	56000 people	31 km
Cox	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	Village	6300 people	31 km
San Isidro	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	Village	-	31 km
Archena	Murcia	Spain	Village	16000 people	31 km
Ricote	Murcia	Spain	Village	1500 people	31 km
Raiguero de Levante	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	Village	-	31 km
Rincón de Bonanza	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	Village	-	31 km
Lorquí	Murcia	Spain	Village	-	31 km
Casa del Patojo	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	Village	-	32 km
Algaida	Murcia	Spain	Village	-	32 km
Redován	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	Village	-	32 km
Carrús	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	Village	-	32 km
Orihuela	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	City	70000 people	32 km
Santomera	Murcia	Spain	Village	13000 people	32 km
Callosa de Segura	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	City	17000 people	33 km
Ceutí	Murcia	Spain	Village	-	33 km
Petrer	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	Village	32000 people	33 km
Sax	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	Village	9400 people	33 km
Las Penicas	Murcia	Spain	Village	-	33 km
Molino de la Ciudad	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	Village	-	34 km
Monforte del Cid	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	Village	5900 people	34 km
Molina de Segura	Murcia	Spain	Village	54000 people	34 km
Correntías Medias	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	Village	-	34 km
Catral	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	Village	6100 people	35 km
Matola	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	Village	-	35 km
Alguazas	Murcia	Spain	Village	7600 people	35 km
Beniel	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	Village	9600 people	35 km
Rafal	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	Village	3600 people	35 km
Cabezo de Torres	Murcia	Spain	Village	-	36 km
Arneva	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	Village	-	36 km
Hurchillo	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	Village	-	36 km
Torre Alta	Murcia	Spain	Village	-	36 km
San Bartolomé	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	Village	-	37 km
Bigastro	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	Village	5700 people	37 km
Elche	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	Major city	-	37 km
Las Torres de Cotillas	Murcia	Spain	City	18000 people	37 km
Casas de Vite	Murcia	Spain	Village	-	37 km
Espinardo	Murcia	Spain	Village	-	38 km
Villena	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	City	34000 people	38 km
Alquerias	Murcia	Spain	Village	-	38 km
Dolores	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	Village	7000 people	38 km
Jacarilla	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	Village	1700 people	38 km
Benejúzar	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	Village	-	38 km
Almoradí	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	Village	-	39 km
Zeneta	Murcia	Spain	Village	-	39 km
Campos del Río	Murcia	Spain	Village	-	40 km
Arabí	Murcia	Spain	Village	-	40 km
Daya Nueva	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	Village	1500 people	40 km
Algorfa	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	Village	2100 people	40 km
La Foia	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	Village	-	40 km
Almadenes	Murcia	Spain	Village	-	41 km
Cancarix	Castilla-La Mancha	Spain	Village	-	41 km
La Ñora	Murcia	Spain	Village	-	41 km
Murcia	Murcia	Spain	Major city	400000 people	41 km
Beniajen	Murcia	Spain	Village	-	41 km
Caudete	Castilla-La Mancha	Spain	Village	9400 people	41 km
Javalí Nuevo	Murcia	Spain	Village	-	41 km
Cabezo de la Plata	Murcia	Spain	Village	-	42 km
Agost	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	Village	4600 people	42 km
Albudeite	Murcia	Spain	Village	1500 people	43 km
Biar	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	Village	3600 people	43 km
Formentera del Segura	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	Village	2700 people	43 km
Albatana	Castilla-La Mancha	Spain	Village	<1000 people	43 km
Alcantarilla	Murcia	Spain	City	37000 people	43 km
San Fulgencio	Valenciana (Valencia)	Spain	Village	-	43 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
Alcantarilla		77	Civ.	Paved	No	3100	45 km
Alicante	ALC	43	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9800	49 km
Murcia San Javier	MJV	3	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7500	69 km
Albacete	ABC	702	Civ.	Paved	No	8800	93 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Alicante	ESALC	Spain	54 km
Torrevieja	ESTOR	Spain	56 km
Cape Huertas		Spain	62 km
San Pedro Del Pinatar		Spain	67 km
Cartagena	ESCAR	Spain	84 km
Cape Palos		Spain	88 km
Benidorm	ESBEM	Spain	89 km
Mazarron		Spain	89 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Santomera Saddle Dam	Salada	1965	27 km
	La Pedrera	Alcoriza	1980	41 km
	Alfonso 13	Quipar	1915	45 km
	Camarillas	Mundo	1960	47 km
	Rambla de Algeciras	Algeciras	1995	57 km
	Argos	Argos	1970	58 km
	El Cenajo	Segura	1960	58 km
	El Talave	Mundo	1918	69 km
	Amadorio	Amadorio	1957	77 km
	Beniarres	Serpis	1958	84 km
Embalse de Bellus	Bellus	Albaida	1995	85 km
	Guadalest	Guadalest	1964	88 km
	Puentes 3	Guadalentin	1887	92 km
	Tous	Jucar	1994	96 km
	Valdeinfierno	Luchena	1806	96 km
	Fuensanta	Segura	1933	96 km
	Embarcaderos	Jucar	1952	99 km

Nuclear plants

Name	Country	Reactors	Distance
COFRENTES	SPAIN	1	96 km

More information

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