Overall Green Earthquake alert in Southern Iran on 15 Jan 2021 21:31 UTC

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M 5.4 in Southern Iran on 15 Jan 2021 21:31 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:	5.4M
Depth:	11.76 Km
Lat/Lon:	26.9121 , 55.1772
Event Date:	15 Jan 2021 21:31 UTC 16 Jan 2021 01:01 Local
Exposed Population:	Less then 100 people in MMI VII 350000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us7000d0gn
Inserted at:	15 Jan 2021 21:50 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	4.6 (Islamic Republic of Iran)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0.3		0.3
us7000d0gn	Scaled population (raster)	0.7
	C1 shakemap	0.11
	C2 shakemap	0.4
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.94

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
1353103		0.3	15 Jan 2021 21:31	5.4M, 11.76km	6.61	less than 100 (in MMI>=VII)		00:19	NEIC
1353117		0.6	15 Jan 2021 21:31	5.5M, 8km	6.93	371 (in MMI>=VII)		01:40	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 Islamic Republic of Iran ,of Hormozgan (population 1,378) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	<1000 people
	1900 people
	9900 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	0.3	1353103	26.912/55.177	5.4	11.8	6.607	15 Jan 2021 21:53	00:22	(new episode)
2	0.3	1353103	26.912/55.177	5.4	11.8	6.607	15 Jan 2021 22:36	01:05	(upd of #1)
3	0.6	1353117	26.926/55.186	5.5	8.0	6.933	15 Jan 2021 23:36	02:05	(new episode)
4	0.6	1353117	26.926/55.186	5.5	8.0	6.933	16 Jan 2021 21:35	1d 00:04	(upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Hormozgan	Islamic Republic of Iran	3200 people
Hormozgan	Islamic Republic of Iran	9100 people
Hormozgan	Islamic Republic of Iran	58000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Dezhgan	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	10 km
Bandar Suflin	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	17 km
Hiru	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	18 km
Bandar-e Band-e	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	31 km
Basaidu	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	31 km
Lemazan	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	33 km
Baverd	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	35 km
Dustku	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	40 km
Khamir	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	41 km
Band-e Kong	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	42 km
Din	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	51 km
Seyyed Jabal ed Din	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	52 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
	Basidu		Iran	30 km
	Khamir		Iran	41 km

More information

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