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:	5.5M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	26.6859 , 54.1869
Event Date:	15 Jun 2022 06:06 UTC 15 Jun 2022 10:36 Local
Exposed Population:	About 4000 people in MMI 280 thousand in 100km
Source:	NEIC us7000hhhc
Inserted at:	15 Jun 2022 12:51 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	4.6 (Islamic Republic of Iran)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		GDACS score
NEIC	0.4		0.4
us7000hhhc	Scaled population (raster)	1.04
	C1 rapid impact	0.11
	C2 rapid impact	0.4
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.94

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

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1448628		0	15 Jun 2022 06:06	5.3M, 10km	6.22	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	N/A	00:17	NEIC
1448669		0.4	15 Jun 2022 06:06	5.5M, 10km	6.48	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	N/A	06:44	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 Islamic Republic of Iran ,of Hormozgan (population 989,556) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	4400 people
	29000 people

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Hormozgan	Islamic Republic of Iran	6300 people
	Hormozgan	Islamic Republic of Iran	41000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Tasuneh	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	3 km
Deh Now-e Mir	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	18 km
Band-e Hasineh	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	18 km
Masheh	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	23 km
Maragh	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	24 km
Safain	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	27 km
Bagh	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	31 km
Bandar-e Moghuyen	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	33 km
Chah-i-Musallam	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	37 km
Jenah	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	38 km
Rostag	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	39 km
Gaza	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	43 km
Din	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	51 km
Kuhkhird	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	53 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
	Kish Island	KIH	30	Civ.	Paved	Yes	11800	27 km

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
	Sharak		Iran	3 km
	Qeis Island		Iran	28 km

More information

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