M 4.6 in Italy on 22 Sep 2022 15:47 UTC

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: 4.6M
Depth: 18.654 Km
Lat/Lon: 44.1351 , 10.6239
Event Date: 22 Sep 2022 15:47 UTC
22 Sep 2022 17:47 Local
Exposed Population:
490 thousand in MMI IV
Source: NEIC us7000ia8f
Inserted at: 22 Sep 2022 16:56 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 2.4 (Italy)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
us7000ia8f Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 rapid impact -0.59  
  C2 rapid impact 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.68  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

The green area correspond to areas affected by strong shaking (MMI VI or higher) according to the simulation.


Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1463481 0.1 22 Sep 2022 15:47 4.6M, 18.654km 4.36 N/A (in MMI>=VII) N/A 01:08 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.

Rapid Impact

The results presented below are calculated with the ShakeMap open source software (USGS) using only earthquake hypocenter information to provide a rapid estimation of the ground motion and shaking intensity without taking into account any instrumental observations or earthquake source scaling laws.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Italy ,of Toscana (population 1,015) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
no people

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Toscana Italy 1000 people
Emilia-Romagna Italy 3400 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Abetone Toscana (Tuscany) Italy Village <1000 people 3 km
Fiumalbo Emilia-Romagna Italy Village 1300 people 5 km
Pievepelago Emilia-Romagna Italy Village 2200 people 8 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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