M 4.8 in Tanzania on 08 Sep 2007 14:15 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: 4.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -2.7076 , 36.0837
Event Date: 08 Sep 2007 14:15 UTC
08 Sep 2007 17:15 Local
Exposed Population:
510000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 08 Sep 2007 17:11 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 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

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
30224 0.5 08 Sep 2007 14:15 4.8M, 10km N/A 510 thousand (in 100km) 02:55 NEIC
30229 0.5 08 Sep 2007 14:15 4.9M, 10km N/A 800 thousand (in 100km) 05:34 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 Tanzania , Region of Arusha (population 1,655,668) .

Radius Population
100 km 980000 people
75 km 190000 people
50 km 59000 people
20 km 9000 people
10 km 2400 people
5 km <1000 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Country Region Province Population
Tanzania Arusha 1.7 million people
Kenya Rift Valley 5.8 million people
Tanzania Kilimanjaro 1.4 million people
Tanzania Shinyanga 2.2 million people
Tanzania Mara 1.2 million people

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
Lake Manyara LKY 1261 Civ. Unpaved No 4000 79 km
Magadi 640 Civ. Unpaved No 5700 88 km

More information

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