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:	16 Km
Lat/Lon:	38.4239 , 44.9091
Event Date:	28 Jan 2023 18:14 UTC 28 Jan 2023 21:44 Local
Exposed Population:	20 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Source:	NEIC us6000jk0t
Inserted at:	31 Jan 2023 16:52 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	1.2		1.2
us6000jk0t	Scaled population (raster)	3.06
	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	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	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
	16000 people
	300000 people
	200000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Azarbayjan-e Bakhtari	Islamic Republic of Iran	13000 people
Azarbayjan-e Bakhtari	Islamic Republic of Iran	300000 people
Azarbayjan-e Bakhtari	Islamic Republic of Iran	220000 people
Azarbayjan-e Khavari	Islamic Republic of Iran	1500 people
Azarbayjan-e Bakhtari	Islamic Republic of Iran	130000 people
Azarbayjan-e Khavari	Islamic Republic of Iran	99000 people
Van	Türkiye	12000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Khoy	Azarbayjan-e Gharbi	Iran	City	-	14 km
'Alam Saray	Azarbayjan-e Sharqi	Iran	Village	-	25 km
Shahpur	Azarbayjan-e Gharbi	Iran	City	-	28 km
Khantakh	Azarbayjan-e Gharbi	Iran	Village	-	32 km
Chahar Setun	Azarbayjan-e Gharbi	Iran	Village	-	30 km
Hamzian Pass	Azarbayjan-e Gharbi	Iran	Village	-	32 km
Habashi Pa'in	Azarbayjan-e Gharbi	Iran	Village	-	38 km
Tasuj	Azarbayjan-e Sharqi	Iran	Village	-	41 km
Til	Azarbayjan-e Sharqi	Iran	Village	-	50 km
Qarehqush Pa'in	Azarbayjan-e Gharbi	Iran	Village	-	50 km
Qareh Ziaoddin	Azarbayjan-e Gharbi	Iran	Village	-	53 km
Kulungi	Azarbayjan-e Gharbi	Iran	Village	-	55 km
Sharaf-Khaneh	Azarbayjan-e Sharqi	Iran	Village	-	58 km
Nazik	Azarbayjan-e Gharbi	Iran	Village	-	67 km
Shabestar	Azarbayjan-e Sharqi	Iran	Village	-	71 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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