M 4.9 in Romania on 20 Mar 2023 14:02 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: 4.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 45.0762 , 23.0866
Event Date: 20 Mar 2023 14:02 UTC
20 Mar 2023 16:02 Local
Exposed Population:
1 thousand in MMI VI
Source: NEIC us7000jlf8
Inserted at: 20 Mar 2023 14:28 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000jlf8 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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
1496504 0 20 Mar 2023 14:02 4.9M, 10km 5.64 N/A (in MMI>=VII) N/A 00:26 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 Romania ,of Gorj (population 394,030) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
1200 people
38000 people

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Gorj Romania 29000 people
Gorj Romania 96000 people
Mehedinti Romania 7100 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Arcani Gorj Romania Village 1400 people 4 km
Runcu Gorj Romania Village 5700 people 7 km
Pestisani Gorj Romania Village - 9 km
Tismana Mehedinti Romania Village 7700 people 13 km
Ciuperceni Gorj Romania Village 1700 people 16 km
Cîrbesti Gorj Romania Village - 17 km
Curpenelu Gorj Romania Village - 17 km
Tîrgu Jiu Gorj Romania City - 17 km
Rovinari Gorj Romania Village 12000 people 17 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
Tirgu Jiu / Stanesti 259 0 13 km
Tirgu Jiu / Preajba Mare 280 0 20 km

Dams

Intensity Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Ceauru Rovinari Jiu n/a 15 km
Vadeni Jiu 1989 14 km

More information

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