Overall Green Earthquake alert in Southern Iran on 15 Jan 2021 21:31 UTC

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M 5.5 in Southern Iran on 15 Jan 2021 21:31 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:	5.5M
Depth:	8 Km
Lat/Lon:	26.9258 , 55.1859
Event Date:	15 Jan 2021 21:31 UTC 16 Jan 2021 01:01 Local
Exposed Population:	Less then 100 people in MMI VII 350000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us7000d0gn
Inserted at:	15 Jan 2021 23:11 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.6 (Islamic Republic of Iran)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0.6		0.6
us7000d0gn	Scaled population (raster)	1.46
	C1 shakemap	0.11
	C2 shakemap	0.4
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.94

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1353103		0.3	15 Jan 2021 21:31	5.4M, 11.76km	6.61	less than 100 (in MMI>=VII)		00:19	NEIC
1353117		0.6	15 Jan 2021 21:31	5.5M, 8km	6.93	371 (in MMI>=VII)		01:40	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 Islamic Republic of Iran , Province of Hormozgan (population 989,556) . The nearest places are Dashgun, Dezhgan, Hiru, Bandar Suflin, Hera', Anjirdan, Abdorrahman, Chah Deraz, Basaidu, Bandar-e Band-e, and Bustaneh.

Radius	Population
100 km	360000 people
75 km	220000 people
50 km	110000 people
20 km	6100 people
10 km	2800 people
5 km	1200 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Hormozgan	Islamic Republic of Iran	990000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Dashgun	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	5 km
Dezhgan	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	10 km
Hiru	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	17 km
Bandar Suflin	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	19 km
Hera'	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	24 km
Anjirdan	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	25 km
Abdorrahman	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	25 km
Chah Deraz	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	26 km
Basaidu	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	33 km
Bandar-e Band-e	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	33 km
Lemazan	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	33 km
Ilchi	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	33 km
Baverd	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	37 km
Dastjerd	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	38 km
Chahu Shomali	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	40 km
Khamir	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	40 km
Dustku	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	41 km
Boneh Kuh	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	43 km
Band-e Kong	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	44 km
Tang-e Dalan	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	46 km
Bandar-e Guran	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	46 km
Darva	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	48 km
Bandar-e Lengeh	Hormozgan	Iran	City	22000 people	50 km
Berkeh-e-Jangal	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	50 km
Seyyed Jabal ed Din	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	50 km
Deh-e Tall	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	51 km
Din	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	52 km
Chah Raku	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	55 km
Karooyeh	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	56 km
Pahel	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	56 km
Tabl	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	57 km
Salagh	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	57 km
Bar	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	58 km
Bandar-e Laft	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	58 km
Laft	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	59 km
Berkeh-ye Seyyedi	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	59 km
Gashun	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	60 km
Molgarat	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	61 km
Bereysemu	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	61 km
Rowdar	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	64 km
Chah-i-Musallam	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	66 km
Kachu	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	66 km
Kavarzin	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	66 km
Dahun	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	67 km
Chah Bonard	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	67 km
Bustaneh	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	70 km

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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
Bandar Lengeh	BDH	10	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6500	57 km
Qeshm Central		15	Civ.	Paved	No	13600	74 km
Bastak		411				0	92 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Basidu		Iran	31 km
Khamir		Iran	40 km
Lingah	IRLIN	Iran	50 km
Henjam	IRHEJ	Iran	75 km
Tunb Island		Iran	75 km
Bandar Shahid Rejaie		Iran	89 km
Farrur Island		Iran	95 km

More information

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