M 5.9 in Islamic Republic of Iran from 28 Jan 2023 18:14 UTC to 18:14

Hazard models

Rapid Impact
Shakemap
Tsunami

Event summary

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

Earthquake Magnitude: 5.9M
Glide number: EQ-2023-000009-IRN
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.4246 , 44.8991
Event Date: 28 Jan 2023 18:14 UTC
28 Jan 2023 21:44 Local
Exposed Population: 10 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Source: NEIC us6000jk0t
Inserted at: 28 Jan 2023 19:00 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 1.3 1.3
us6000jk0t Scaled population (raster) 3.32  
  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

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1485947 1.2 28 Jan 2023 18:14 5.9M, 22.525km 6.61 4 thousand (in MMI>=VII) N/A 00:21 NEIC
1485948 1.3 28 Jan 2023 18:14 5.9M, 10km 7.05 20 thousand (in MMI>=VII) N/A 00:45 NEIC
1486374 1.2 28 Jan 2023 18:14 5.9M, 16km 6.85 20 thousand (in MMI>=VII) N/A 2d 22:38 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 Azarbayjan-e Bakhtari (population 2,559,788) . The alertlevel for this event is ORANGE

Intensity Population
25000 people
300000 people
190000 people

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Azarbayjan-e Bakhtari Islamic Republic of Iran 28000 people
Azarbayjan-e Bakhtari Islamic Republic of Iran 290000 people
Azarbayjan-e Bakhtari Islamic Republic of Iran 200000 people
Azarbayjan-e Khavari Islamic Republic of Iran 1300 people
Azarbayjan-e Bakhtari Islamic Republic of Iran 120000 people
Azarbayjan-e Khavari Islamic Republic of Iran 91000 people
Van Türkiye 12000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Khoy Azarbayjan-e Gharbi Iran City - 14 km
'Alam Saray Azarbayjan-e Sharqi Iran Village - 26 km
Shahpur Azarbayjan-e Gharbi Iran City - 28 km
Khantakh Azarbayjan-e Gharbi Iran Village - 32 km
Chahar Setun Azarbayjan-e Gharbi Iran Village - 29 km
Hamzian Pass Azarbayjan-e Gharbi Iran Village - 32 km
Habashi Pa'in Azarbayjan-e Gharbi Iran Village - 37 km
Tasuj Azarbayjan-e Sharqi Iran Village - 42 km
Qarehqush Pa'in Azarbayjan-e Gharbi Iran Village - 49 km
Til Azarbayjan-e Sharqi Iran Village - 51 km
Qareh Ziaoddin Azarbayjan-e Gharbi Iran Village - 53 km
Kulungi Azarbayjan-e Gharbi Iran Village - 56 km
Sharaf-Khaneh Azarbayjan-e Sharqi Iran Village - 59 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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