M 4.5 Off-shore from 16 Aug 2008 07:25 UTC to 07:26

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.

Updated: this report is based on episode 1.

Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 208 Km
Lat/Lon: 5.82 , 61.3
Event Date: 16 Aug 2008 07:26 UTC
16 Aug 2008 11:26 Local
Exposed Population:
no people within 100km
Source: GEOFON
Inserted at: 16 Aug 2008 07:40 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
GEOFON 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
44080 0.5 16 Aug 2008 07:26 4.5M, 208km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:13 GEOFON
44081 0.5 16 Aug 2008 07:25 5.2M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:25 NEIC
44082 0.5 16 Aug 2008 07:25 4.9M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:25 GEOFON
44083 0.5 16 Aug 2008 07:25 5.1M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:50 NEIC
44091 0.5 16 Aug 2008 07:25 5.2M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 03:20 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 off shore.

Radius Population
100 km no people
75 km no people
50 km no people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

More information

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