M 3 in France on 29 Jul 2009 23:34 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: 3.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 43.1 , -0.24
Event Date: 29 Jul 2009 23:34 UTC
30 Jul 2009 01:34 Local
Exposed Population:
1100000 people within 100km
Source: EMSC
Inserted at: 30 Jul 2009 06:31 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 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
62403 0.5 29 Jul 2009 23:34 3M, 10km N/A 1.1 million (in 100km) 06:57 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 France , Region of Aquitaine (population 2,850,095) .

Radius Population
100 km 1.1 million people
75 km 760000 people
50 km 530000 people
20 km 88000 people
10 km 18000 people
5 km 7200 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Country Region Province Population
France Aquitaine 2.9 million people
France Midi-Pyrenees 2.3 million people
Spain Aragon 1.2 million people
Spain Navarra 530000 people
Spain Cataluna 6.1 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
Tarbes Ossun Lourdes LDE 384 Civ. Paved Yes 9800 21 km
Herrere 300 Civ. Unpaved No 3500 26 km

More information

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