M 4.7 in Italy on 28 Mar 2023 21:52 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: 4.7M
Depth: 8.416 Km
Lat/Lon: 41.6564 , 14.6553
Event Date: 28 Mar 2023 21:52 UTC
28 Mar 2023 23:52 Local
Exposed Population:
30 thousand in MMI V
Source: NEIC us6000k0fj
Inserted at: 28 Mar 2023 22:09 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 2.4 (Italy)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000k0fj 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
1497833 0 28 Mar 2023 21:52 4.7M, 8.416km 5.05 N/A (in MMI>=VII) N/A 00:16 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 Molise (population 337,446) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
30000 people

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Molise Italy 11000 people
Molise Italy 74000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Limosano Molise Italy Village <1000 people 4 km
Petrella Tifernina Molise Italy Village 1300 people 5 km
Lucito Molise Italy Village <1000 people 9 km
Castropignano Molise Italy Village 1100 people 9 km
Campobasso Molise Italy City 52000 people 11 km
Torella del Sannio Molise Italy Village <1000 people 12 km
Ferrazzano Molise Italy Village 3300 people 14 km
Baranello Molise Italy Village 2700 people 16 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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