Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a high humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude:	5.9M
Glide number:	EQ-2022-000232-AFG
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	33.0924 , 69.5135
Event Date:	21 Jun 2022 20:54 UTC 22 Jun 2022 01:24 Local
Exposed Population:	About 17000 people in MMI 290 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Source:	NEIC us7000hj3u
Inserted at:	21 Jun 2022 21:52 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	7.5 (Afghanistan)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries:	Afghanistan= 7.5; Pakistan= 5.7

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		GDACS score
NEIC	2.3		2.3
us7000hj3u	Scaled population (raster)	2.64
	C1 rapid impact	-0.59
	C2 rapid impact	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1.29

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
1449783		0	21 Jun 2022 20:54	6.1M, 50.83km	5.75	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	N/A	00:22	NEIC
1449790		2.3	21 Jun 2022 20:54	5.9M, 10km	6.8	6 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	N/A	00:57	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 Afghanistan ,of Paktika (population -99,999) . The alertlevel for this event is RED

Intensity	Population
	5700 people
	110000 people
	550000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Paktika	Afghanistan	14000 people
Federally Administered Tribal Areas	Pakistan	<1000 people
Paktia	Afghanistan	no people
Paktika	Afghanistan	84000 people
Federally Administered Tribal Areas	Pakistan	34000 people
Paktia	Afghanistan	160000 people
Paktika	Afghanistan	78000 people
Federally Administered Tribal Areas	Pakistan	90000 people
Paktia	Afghanistan	300000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Spera	Paktika	Afghanistan	Village	-	11 km
Worzhanah Kalay	Paktika	Afghanistan	Village	-	26 km
Nikbal	Khowst	Afghanistan	Village	-	33 km
Tani	Khowst	Afghanistan	Village	-	33 km
Vazay	Paktia	Afghanistan	Village	-	31 km
Khowst	Khowst	Afghanistan	Village	96000 people	46 km
Mazarkhel	Paktia	Afghanistan	Village	-	58 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
	Khost	KHT	1172	Civ.	Unpaved	No	6500	49 km

More information

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