Overall Green Earthquake alert in Kyrgyzstan on 03 Mar 2018 23:05 UTC

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M 4.7 in Kyrgyzstan on 03 Mar 2018 23:05 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:	47.13 Km
Lat/Lon:	39.6976 , 73.8746
Event Date:	03 Mar 2018 23:05 UTC 04 Mar 2018 05:05 Local
Exposed Population:	160000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us2000dbv8
Inserted at:	03 Mar 2018 23:26 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	5.1 (Tajikistan)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries:	Tajikistan= 5.1; Kyrgyzstan= 4.5; China= 3.6

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us2000dbv8	Scaled population (vector)	5.03
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0.04
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1201567		0	03 Mar 2018 23:05	4.7M, 47.13km	N/A	170 thousand (in 100km)		00:20	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 Kyrgyzstan , Region of Osh (population 2,114,741) . The nearest places are Irkeshtam, Nura, Ikazak, Ullug-tshat, Koktal, Ulugqat, Aktala, Uch-Tyube, Sofi-Kurgan, Askaly, and Katyrantash.

Radius	Population
100 km	170000 people
75 km	64000 people
50 km	24000 people
20 km	3600 people
10 km	1600 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Osh	Kyrgyzstan	2.1 million people
Xinjiang	China	16.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Irkeshtam	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	4 km
Nura	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	7 km
Ikazak	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	9 km
Ullug-tshat	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	34 km
Koktal	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	40 km
Ulugqat	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	41 km
Aktala	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	43 km
Uch-Tyube	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	46 km
Sofi-Kurgan	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	49 km
Askaly	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	50 km
Sary-Tash	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	54 km
Chagyr	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	54 km
Chonbleuli	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	56 km
Bordaba	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	56 km
Akbosaga	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	56 km
Kizöl-Kurgan	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	63 km
Kok-Magday	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	64 km
Markansu	Kuhistoni Badakhshon	Tajikistan	Village	-	64 km
Sungandy	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	65 km
Katyrantash	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	67 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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