M 3 in Italy on 03 Feb 2010 07:53 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.

Updated: this report is based on episode 1.

Earthquake Magnitude: 3.0M
Depth: 24 Km
Lat/Lon: 43.13 , 13.42
Event Date: 03 Feb 2010 07:53 UTC
03 Feb 2010 08:53 Local
Exposed Population:
2780000 people within 100km
Source: EMSC 153861
Inserted at: 03 Feb 2010 09:33 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0.5 0.5
153861 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
75813 0.5 03 Feb 2010 07:53 3M, 10km N/A 2.8 million (in 100km) 00:54 EMSC
75824 0.5 03 Feb 2010 07:53 3M, 24km N/A 2.8 million (in 100km) 01:39 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 Italy , Region of Marche (population 1,439,253) . The nearest places are Ancona, Sant'angelo In Pontano, Ripe San Ginesio, San Lorenzo, and Passo Sant'Angelo.

Radius Population
100 km 2.8 million people
75 km 1.7 million people
50 km 970000 people
20 km 150000 people
10 km 24000 people
5 km 6400 people
2 km 1100 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Marche Italy 1.4 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
San Lorenzo Marche Italy Village - 1 km
Ripe San Ginesio Marche Italy Village <1000 people 2 km
Passo Sant'Angelo Marche Italy Village - 2 km
Sant'angelo In Pontano Marche Italy Village - 4 km
Ancona Marche Italy Major city 100000 people 55 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
Falconara AOI 15 Civ. Paved Yes 9800 54 km
Foligno 222 Civ. Unpaved No 5200 60 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Porto Recanati Italy 38 km
San Benedetto Italy 45 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Fiastrone Fiastrone 1954 19 km

More information

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