Overall Green Earthquake alert in Islamic Republic of Iran on 23 Jul 2022 16:09 UTC

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M 5.6 in Islamic Republic of Iran on 23 Jul 2022 16:09 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact

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:	5.6M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	26.9956 , 55.3766
Event Date:	23 Jul 2022 16:09 UTC 23 Jul 2022 20:39 Local
Exposed Population:	Less then 100 people in MMI VII Few people affected (in MMI>=VII)
Source:	NEIC us7000hszl
Inserted at:	23 Jul 2022 16:32 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	0.7		0.7
us7000hszl	Scaled population (raster)	1.72
	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
1454721		0.7	23 Jul 2022 16:09	5.6M, 10km	6.77	230 (in MMI>=VII)		00:22	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 Islamic Republic of Iran , Province of Hormozgan (population 27,644) . The nearest places are Chah Deraz, Dezhgan, Anjirdan, Dashgun, Khamir, Hiru, Bandar Suflin, Seyyed Jabal ed Din, Chah Raku, Chahu Shomali, and Bandar-e Lengeh.

Radius	Population
100 km	860000 people
75 km	230000 people
50 km	74000 people
20 km	11000 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Hormozgan	Islamic Republic of Iran	28000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Chah Deraz	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	8 km
Dezhgan	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	15 km
Anjirdan	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	18 km
Dashgun	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	21 km
Khamir	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	22 km
Hiru	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	30 km
Bandar Suflin	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	30 km
Seyyed Jabal ed Din	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	31 km
Chah Raku	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	35 km
Chahu Shomali	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	36 km
Ilchi	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	36 km
Pahel	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	36 km
Bandar-e Guran	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	37 km
Darva	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	37 km
Basaidu	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	40 km
Bandar-e Laft	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	40 km
Laft	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	41 km
Tabl	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	44 km
Hera'	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	44 km
Abdorrahman	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	44 km
Kachu	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	46 km
Salagh	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	46 km
Tang-e Dalan	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	47 km
Karooyeh	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	47 km
Dustku	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	47 km
Dastjerd	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	48 km
Lemazan	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	49 km
Bandar-e Band-e	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	50 km
Kavarzin	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	51 km
Rowdar	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	52 km
Gachin-e Pa'in	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	52 km
Gishu	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	54 km
Payi Pusht	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	56 km
Baverd	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	57 km
Boneh Kuh	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	62 km
Direstan	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	62 km
Band-e Kong	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	62 km
Abin	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	64 km
Deh-e Tall	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	64 km
Khammasi	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	64 km
Keshar-e Olya	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	65 km
Gashun	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	65 km
Bashdu	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	67 km
Ramkan	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	67 km
Berkeh-ye Seyyedi	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	68 km
Lavar	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	68 km
Bandar-e Lengeh	Hormozgan	Iran	City	22000 people	69 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
Qeshm Central		15	Civ.	Paved	No	13600	59 km
Bandar Lengeh	BDH	10	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6500	75 km
Bandar Abbas NAS	HDR	12	Mil.	Paved	Yes	8500	81 km
Qeshm South		38				0	89 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Khamir		Iran	22 km
Basidu		Iran	40 km
Henjam	IRHEJ	Iran	61 km
Lingah	IRLIN	Iran	68 km
Bandar Shahid Rejaie		Iran	69 km
Bandar Abbas	IRBND	Iran	82 km
Tunb Island		Iran	83 km
Qeshm		Iran	88 km

More information

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