Overall Orange Earthquake alert in Mozambique from 24 Jun 2017 02:37 UTC to 02:37

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M 5.8 in Mozambique from 24 Jun 2017 02:37 UTC to 02:37

Hazard models

EQ parameters

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude:	5.8M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	-19.4012 , 34.5012
Event Date:	24 Jun 2017 02:37 UTC 24 Jun 2017 04:37 Local
Exposed Population:	About 35000 people in MMI 1370000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us20009pf9
Inserted at:	24 Jun 2017 02:58 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	6.6 (Mozambique)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	1.5		1.5
us20009pf9	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1171801		1.5	24 Jun 2017 02:37	5.8M, 10km	7.24	40 thousand (in MMI>=VII)		00:20	NEIC
1171843		1.3	24 Jun 2017 02:37	5.6M, 24.44km	4.91	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		18:28	NEIC

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 Mozambique ,of Sofala (population 35,665) . The alertlevel for this event is Orange

Intensity	Population
	36000 people
	98000 people
	220000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1171801	-19.401/34.501	5.8	10	7.17	24 Jun 2017 02:58	00:21	(new episode)
2	1171801	-19.401/34.501	5.8	10	7.24	24 Jun 2017 04:39	02:02	(upd of #1)
3	1171843	-19.444/34.509	5.6	24.44	5.02	24 Jun 2017 21:06	18:28	(new episode)
4	1171843	-19.45/34.488	5.6	27	4.91	11 Dec 2017 15:37	170d 13:00	(upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Sofala	Mozambique	36000 people
Sofala	Mozambique	98000 people
Sofala	Mozambique	220000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Inhaunho	Sofala	Mozambique	Village	-	32 km
Vila Machado	Sofala	Mozambique	Village	-	34 km
Vila do Donde	Sofala	Mozambique	Village	-	34 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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