M 5.2 in Islamic Republic of Iran on 10 Nov 2023 15:36 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: 5.2M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 32.797 , 47.6372
Event Date: 10 Nov 2023 15:36 UTC
10 Nov 2023 19:06 Local
Exposed Population: 2 thousand in MMI VI
Source: NEIC us7000la3j
Inserted at: 10 Nov 2023 15:55 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 0
us7000la3j 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
1535306 0 10 Nov 2023 15:36 5.2M, 10km 6.16 N/A (in MMI>=VII) N/A 00:19 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 Ilam (population 496,061) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
1900 people
10000 people

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Ilam Islamic Republic of Iran no people
Ilam Islamic Republic of Iran 10000 people
Ilam Islamic Republic of Iran 41000 people
Lorestan Islamic Republic of Iran 4800 people
Khuzestan Islamic Republic of Iran <1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Sarab Bagh Ilam Iran Village - 13 km
Abdanan Ilam Iran Village 19000 people 21 km
Jalogir Lorestan Iran Village - 26 km
Dehloran Ilam Iran Village 26000 people 37 km
Eyn Gazan Ilam Iran Village - 40 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
Abdanan 793 0 21 km

More information

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