M 3 in Albania on 12 Feb 2010 11:20 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: 8 Km
Lat/Lon: 41.37 , 20.31
Event Date: 12 Feb 2010 11:20 UTC
12 Feb 2010 12:20 Local
Exposed Population:
3560000 people within 100km
Source: EMSC 154726
Inserted at: 12 Feb 2010 11:56 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0.5 0.5
154726 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
77049 0.5 12 Feb 2010 11:20 3M, 8km N/A 3.6 million (in 100km) 00:36 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 Albania , District of Librazhd (population 77,658) . The nearest places are Tiran�, and Len�.

Radius Population
100 km 3.6 million people
75 km 2.5 million people
50 km 1.3 million people
20 km 84000 people
10 km 21000 people
5 km 3300 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Librazhd Albania 78000 people
Dibre Albania 150000 people
Mat Albania 83000 people
Tirane Albania 390000 people
Elbasan Albania 260000 people
Macedonia Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of -

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Len� Albania Village - 8 km
Tiran� Albania Capital 370000 people 41 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
Ohrid OHD 705 Civ. Paved Yes 8300 40 km
Elbasan / Cerrik 107 40 km
30480 44 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Durres ALDRZ Albania 72 km
Shengjin ALSHG Albania 79 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Spilje Crni Drim 1969 22 km
Globocica Crni Drin 1965 27 km

More information

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