M 4.7 in Romania on 06 Jun 2023 17:26 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: 5.663 Km
Lat/Lon: 46.0827 , 21.3963
Event Date: 06 Jun 2023 17:26 UTC
06 Jun 2023 20:26 Local
Exposed Population:
3 thousand in MMI VI
Source: NEIC us7000k6nx
Inserted at: 06 Jun 2023 18:17 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000k6nx 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
1509506 0 06 Jun 2023 17:26 4.7M, 5.663km 5.88 N/A (in MMI>=VII) N/A 00:50 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 Arad (population 515,185) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
3000 people
140000 people

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Arad Romania 1700 people
Arad Romania 140000 people
Timis Romania <1000 people
Arad Romania 61000 people
Timis Romania 8800 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Vladimirescu Arad Romania Village 10000 people 10 km
Fibis Timis Romania City - 12 km
Arad Arad Romania Major city 170000 people 13 km
Livada Arad Romania Village 2800 people 16 km
Vinga Arad Romania City 6200 people 15 km
Zabrani Arad Romania Village - 15 km
Felnac Arad Romania Village 5100 people 19 km
Ortisoara Timis Romania Village - 19 km
Bogda Timis Romania Village <1000 people 19 km
Zimandu Nou Arad Romania Village 4400 people 22 km
Pecica Arad Romania City 13000 people 26 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
Arad / Ceala ARW 99 Civ. Paved Yes 6500 15 km

More information

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