M 5.8 in Tajikistan on 10 Jul 2021 02:14 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: 5.8M
Depth: 16.64 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.9587 , 70.5722
Event Date: 10 Jul 2021 02:14 UTC
10 Jul 2021 07:14 Local
Exposed Population: About 8000 people in MMI
570000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us6000etys
Inserted at: 10 Jul 2021 02:33 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 7.5 (Afghanistan)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries: Afghanistan= 7.5; Tajikistan= 5.1; Kyrgyzstan= 4.5

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
us6000etys Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.29  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1384915 0.5 10 Jul 2021 02:14 5.8M, 16.64km 6.11 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:18 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 Tajikistan ,of Dushanbe (population 7,237) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
19000 people
110000 people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0.5 1384915 38.959/70.572 5.8 16.6 6.252 10 Jul 2021 02:36 00:22 (new episode)
2 0.5 1384915 38.959/70.572 5.8 16.6 6.106 10 Jul 2021 03:40 01:25 (upd of #1)
3 0.5 1384915 38.959/70.572 5.8 16.6 6.106 10 Jul 2021 04:19 02:04 (upd of #2)
4 0.5 1384915 38.959/70.572 5.8 16.6 6.106 11 Jul 2021 02:18 1d 00:03 (upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Dushanbe Tajikistan 7200 people
Dushanbe Tajikistan 100000 people
Dushanbe Tajikistan 80000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Kalanak Tajikistan Village - 14 km
Garm Tajikistan Village 11000 people 19 km
Dzhur Tajikistan Village - 21 km
Tavildara Kuhistoni Badakhshon Tajikistan Village - 26 km
Kalai-Lyabi-Ob Tajikistan Village - 27 km
Tadzhikabad Tajikistan Village - 30 km
Yezgan Tajikistan Village - 29 km
Navdonek Tajikistan Village - 31 km
Novabad Tajikistan Village - 35 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Intensity Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Garm 1402 0 27 km
Tadzhikabad 1597 0 32 km

More information

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