Overall Green Earthquake alert in Islamic Republic of Iran on 10 Nov 2023 15:36 UTC

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M 5.2 in Islamic Republic of Iran on 10 Nov 2023 15:36 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:	5.2M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	32.797 , 47.6372
Event Date:	10 Nov 2023 15:36 UTC 10 Nov 2023 19:06 Local
Exposed Population:	2 thousand in MMI VI
Source:	NEIC us7000la3j
Inserted at:	10 Nov 2023 15:55 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		0
us7000la3j	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	0
	C2 shakemap	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1535306		0	10 Nov 2023 15:36	5.2M, 10km	6.14	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:19	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 Ilam (population 13,207) . The nearest places are Panj Barar, Sarab Bagh, Del Zaman Darreh, Haliveh, Abdanan, Jalogir, Chaleh, Seyyed Saleh Ed Din, Chashmeh Jouzar, Abtaf, and Amiran.

Radius	Population
100 km	1.6 million people
75 km	300000 people
50 km	160000 people
20 km	11000 people
10 km	6200 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Ilam	Islamic Republic of Iran	13000 people
Lorestan	Islamic Republic of Iran	1000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Panj Barar	Ilam	Iran	Village	-	6 km
Sarab Bagh	Ilam	Iran	Village	-	13 km
Del Zaman Darreh	Ilam	Iran	Village	-	15 km
Haliveh	Ilam	Iran	Village	-	20 km
Abdanan	Ilam	Iran	Village	19000 people	21 km
Jalogir	Lorestan	Iran	Village	-	26 km
Chaleh	Ilam	Iran	Village	-	28 km
Seyyed Saleh Ed Din	Ilam	Iran	Village	-	30 km
Chashmeh Jouzar	Lorestan	Iran	Village	-	31 km
Abtaf	Ilam	Iran	Village	-	32 km
Sheykh Mazbu	Ilam	Iran	Village	-	37 km
Dehloran	Ilam	Iran	Village	26000 people	37 km
Dastevar	Ilam	Iran	Village	-	37 km
Armu	Ilam	Iran	Village	-	39 km
Badar Bak	Lorestan	Iran	Village	-	39 km
Chahar Taq	Lorestan	Iran	Village	-	39 km
Sorkheh Poshteh	Ilam	Iran	Village	-	39 km
Pol-e Dokhtar	Lorestan	Iran	Village	-	40 km
Eyn Gazan	Ilam	Iran	Village	-	40 km
'Ali Na'ir	Ilam	Iran	Village	-	40 km
Chashmeh-ye Qatareh	Ilam	Iran	Village	-	40 km
Ashrafabad	Ilam	Iran	Village	-	42 km
Meymeh	Ilam	Iran	Village	-	44 km
Mishvand	Lorestan	Iran	Village	-	46 km
Sikan	Ilam	Iran	Village	-	48 km
Tasilkan	Ilam	Iran	Village	-	48 km
Bagh-e Gol Gol	Lorestan	Iran	Village	-	48 km
Abu Gharib	Ilam	Iran	Village	-	49 km
Cham-e Hendi	Ilam	Iran	Village	-	52 km
Abu Ghirab	Maysan	Iraq	Village	-	53 km
Rashnudi	Lorestan	Iran	Village	-	54 km
Chaqabal	Lorestan	Iran	Village	-	55 km
Bid Rooyeh Fat-h Ali	Khuzestan	Iran	Village	-	56 km
Rashnu	Khuzestan	Iran	Village	-	57 km
Andreyevka	Ilam	Iran	Village	-	57 km
Sarenjeh-ye Zeyvehdar	Lorestan	Iran	Village	-	57 km
Dokhtar Borji	Khuzestan	Iran	Village	-	57 km
Barziyeh	Ilam	Iran	Village	-	58 km
Fazelabad	Ilam	Iran	Village	-	58 km
Nasar 'Ali Vand-e Shaban Ali	Lorestan	Iran	Village	-	58 km
Ab-i-Sard	Lorestan	Iran	Village	-	58 km
Korki	Khuzestan	Iran	Village	-	59 km
Abu Ghuyer	Ilam	Iran	Village	-	59 km
Gorazan	Ilam	Iran	Village	-	59 km
Kuwayt	Maysan	Iraq	Village	-	60 km
Cholhul-e 'Olya	Lorestan	Iran	Village	-	60 km
Afrineh	Lorestan	Iran	Village	-	60 km
Beshadaraz	Ilam	Iran	Village	-	63 km
Sefid Khani	Lorestan	Iran	Village	-	66 km
Bustaneh	Ilam	Iran	Village	-	67 km
Abshureh	Khuzestan	Iran	Village	-	67 km
Aqa Bozorg	Khuzestan	Iran	Village	-	68 km
Gujineh	Lorestan	Iran	Village	-	69 km
Chailat	Maysan	Iraq	Village	-	70 km
Amiran	Lorestan	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
Abdanan		793				0	21 km
Dezful Highway Strip		119				0	67 km
Dezful	DEF	152	Mil.	Paved	No	12800	82 km
Khorram Abbad	KHD	1125	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10400	93 km

Dams

Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Karkheh	Karkheh	2001	57 km
Balarood	Balarood	2016	61 km
Seimare	Seimare	2013	68 km
Dez	Dez	1962	80 km

More information

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