Overall Green Earthquake alert in Islamic Republic of Iran from 30 Nov 2022 15:17 UTC to 15:17

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M 5.6 in Islamic Republic of Iran from 30 Nov 2022 15:17 UTC to 15:17

Hazard models

Rapid Impact

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:	5.6M
Depth:	9.759 Km
Lat/Lon:	26.8894 , 55.2139
Event Date:	30 Nov 2022 15:17 UTC 30 Nov 2022 18:47 Local
Exposed Population:	Less then 100 people in MMI VI 1 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Source:	NEIC us6000j5sn
Inserted at:	30 Nov 2022 15:38 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	0.1		0.1
us6000j5sn	Scaled population (vector)	0
	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
1476212		0.1	30 Nov 2022 15:17	5.6M, 9.759km	7.18	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:21	NEIC
1476234		0.9	30 Nov 2022 15:17	5.7M, 4.681km	7.13	2 thousand (in MMI>=VII)		02:18	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 Islamic Republic of Iran ,of Hormozgan (population 989,556) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	<1000 people
	<1000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	0.1	1476212	55.214/26.889	5.6	9.8	7.185	30 Nov 2022 15:42	00:24	(new episode)
2	0.1	1476212	55.214/26.889	5.6	9.8	7.185	30 Nov 2022 17:21	02:03	(upd of #1)
3	0.7	1476234	55.224/26.877	5.7	4.7	7.687	30 Nov 2022 17:40	02:22	(new episode)
4	1	1476234	55.224/26.877	5.7	4.7	7.687	01 Dec 2022 15:40	1d 00:23	(upd of #3)
5	0.9	1476234	55.241/26.887	5.7	12.1	7.133	09 Dec 2022 00:50	8d 09:33	(upd of #4)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Hormozgan	Islamic Republic of Iran	1400 people
Hormozgan	Islamic Republic of Iran	2000 people
Hormozgan	Islamic Republic of Iran	130000 people
Hormozgan	Islamic Republic of Iran	360000 people
Fars	Islamic Republic of Iran	69000 people
Kerman	Islamic Republic of Iran	6500 people
Hormozgan	Islamic Republic of Iran	no people
Fars	Islamic Republic of Iran	no people
Al Fujayrah	United Arab Emirates	<1000 people
Kerman	Islamic Republic of Iran	no people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Dezhgan	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	7 km
Bandar Suflin	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	14 km
Hiru	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	22 km
Basaidu	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	28 km
Bandar-e Band-e	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	30 km
Chahu Shomali	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	35 km
Dustku	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	37 km
Baverd	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	37 km
Lemazan	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	37 km
Khamir	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	38 km
Band-e Kong	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	43 km
Bandar-e Lengeh	Hormozgan	Iran	City	22000 people	49 km
Darva	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	51 km
Tang-e Dalan	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	51 km
Seyyed Jabal ed Din	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	51 km
Tabl	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	53 km
Din	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	54 km
Pahel	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	54 km
Bandar-e Laft	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	55 km
Deh-e Tall	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	56 km
Laft	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	56 km
Kavarzin	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	63 km
Kachu	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	66 km
Chah-i-Musallam	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	68 km
Salagh	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	53 km
Rowdar	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	67 km
Bustaneh	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	70 km
Gachin-e Pa'in	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	71 km
Chah Bonard	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	71 km
Dahun	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	72 km
Khammasi	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	72 km
Direstan	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	74 km
Hormud-e Mir Khund	Fars	Iran	Village	-	75 km
Bashdu	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	76 km
Bandar-e Moghuyen	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	77 km
Kuhkhird	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	79 km
Ramkan	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	82 km
Keshar-e Olya	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	84 km
Bandar-e Suza	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	85 km
Bandar-e Dargaham	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	87 km
Maragh	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	88 km
Badin	Fars	Iran	Village	-	89 km
Bastak	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	91 km
Dogerdan	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	93 km
Jenah	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	93 km
Nehriz	Fars	Iran	Village	-	99 km
Karmastaj	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	99 km
Deh Now-e Mir	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	107 km
Tazeyan	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	108 km
Darz-e Sayehban	Fars	Iran	Village	-	110 km
Bandar Abbas	Hormozgan	Iran	City	-	110 km
Bikuyeh	Fars	Iran	Village	-	113 km
Shah Gheyo	Fars	Iran	Village	-	115 km
Zaravan	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	125 km
Rahimabad	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	170 km
Hajiabad	Fars	Iran	Village	-	181 km
Bigherd	Fars	Iran	Village	-	191 km
Soltanabad	Kerman	Iran	Village	-	196 km
Berizak	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	218 km
Murdan	Kerman	Iran	Village	-	239 km

see full list

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
Bandar Lengeh	BDH	10	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6500	55 km
Qeshm Central		15	Civ.	Paved	No	13600	70 km
Bandar Abbas NAS	HDR	12	Mil.	Paved	Yes	8500	100 km
Bandar Abbass International	BND	7	Civ.	Paved	Yes	12000	121 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Basidu		Iran	27 km
Khamir		Iran	38 km
Lingah	IRLIN	Iran	49 km
Tunb Island		Iran	71 km
Henjam	IRHEJ	Iran	71 km
Bandar Shahid Rejaie		Iran	88 km

More information

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