Overall Orange Earthquake alert in Islamic Republic of Iran on 05 Oct 2022 00:21 UTC

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M 5.6 in Islamic Republic of Iran on 05 Oct 2022 00:21 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact

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:	5.6M
Depth:	15 Km
Lat/Lon:	38.5113 , 45.0375
Event Date:	05 Oct 2022 00:21 UTC 05 Oct 2022 03:51 Local
Exposed Population:	140000 people in MMI 150 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Source:	NEIC us6000iqx6
Inserted at:	05 Oct 2022 01:27 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	1.5		1.5
us6000iqx6	Scaled population (raster)	4.15
	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	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1465990	1.5	05 Oct 2022 00:21	5.7M, 10km	6.99	150 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	00:21	NEIC
1466009	1.5	05 Oct 2022 00:21	5.6M, 10km	6.95	240 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	00:51	NEIC
1466010	1.5	05 Oct 2022 00:21	5.6M, 15km	6.93	150 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	01:05	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 Azarbayjan-e Bakhtari (population 218,765) . The alertlevel for this event is ORANGE

Intensity	Population
	240000 people
	60000 people
	86000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1.5	1465990	38.523/45.081	5.7	10.0	7.253	05 Oct 2022 00:45	00:23	(new episode)
2	1.5	1466009	38.523/45.081	5.7	10.0	7.254	05 Oct 2022 00:52	00:31	(new episode)
3	1.6	1466010	38.508/45.026	5.6	10.0	7.257	05 Oct 2022 01:13	00:52	(new episode)
4	1.5	1466010	38.511/45.038	5.6	15.0	6.937	05 Oct 2022 01:30	01:08	(upd of #3)
5	1.5	1466010	38.511/45.038	5.6	15.0	6.933	05 Oct 2022 02:25	02:04	(upd of #4)
6	1.5	1466010	38.511/45.038	5.6	15.0	6.933	06 Oct 2022 00:40	1d 00:18	(upd of #5)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Azarbayjan-e Bakhtari	Islamic Republic of Iran	220000 people
Azarbayjan-e Bakhtari	Islamic Republic of Iran	69000 people
Azarbayjan-e Bakhtari	Islamic Republic of Iran	64000 people
Azarbayjan-e Khavari	Islamic Republic of Iran	1900 people
Azarbayjan-e Bakhtari	Islamic Republic of Iran	250000 people
Azarbayjan-e Khavari	Islamic Republic of Iran	500000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Khoy	Azarbayjan-e Gharbi	Iran	City	-	8 km
'Alam Saray	Azarbayjan-e Sharqi	Iran	Village	-	24 km
Hamzian Pass	Azarbayjan-e Gharbi	Iran	Village	-	25 km
Tasuj	Azarbayjan-e Sharqi	Iran	Village	-	36 km
Yekan Kahriz Bala	Azarbayjan-e Sharqi	Iran	Village	-	40 km
Qareh Ziaoddin	Azarbayjan-e Gharbi	Iran	Village	-	42 km
Shahpur	Azarbayjan-e Gharbi	Iran	City	-	42 km
Khantakh	Azarbayjan-e Gharbi	Iran	Village	-	42 km
Chahar Setun	Azarbayjan-e Gharbi	Iran	Village	-	44 km
Til	Azarbayjan-e Sharqi	Iran	Village	-	46 km
Qarehqush Pa'in	Azarbayjan-e Gharbi	Iran	Village	-	51 km
Sharaf-Khaneh	Azarbayjan-e Sharqi	Iran	Village	-	54 km
Nazik	Azarbayjan-e Gharbi	Iran	Village	-	56 km
Shabestar	Azarbayjan-e Sharqi	Iran	Village	-	66 km
Ali Shah	Azarbayjan-e Sharqi	Iran	Village	-	80 km
Ghezel Dizaj	Azarbayjan-e Sharqi	Iran	Village	-	97 km
Ashaghi Mayan	Azarbayjan-e Sharqi	Iran	Village	-	105 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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