M 4.5 in Democratic Republic Of Congo on 31 Oct 2014 01:05 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters
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: 4.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 0.36 , 29.85
Event Date: 31 Oct 2014 01:05 UTC
31 Oct 2014 04:05 Local
Exposed Population:
4516480 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 31 Oct 2014 02:03 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1063536 0 31 Oct 2014 01:05 4.5M, 10km N/A 4.5 million (in 100km) 00:58 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.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Congo, The Democratic Republic of the , Region of Kivu (population 7,173,131) . The nearest places are and Kalonge.

Radius Population
100 km 4.5 million people
75 km 3.3 million people
50 km 1.5 million people
20 km 140000 people
10 km 15000 people
5 km 1200 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Kivu Congo, The Democratic Republic of the 7.2 million people
Western Uganda 2 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Kalonge Democratic Republic of the Congo Village - 6 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Kasese KSE 959 Civ. Unpaved No 5100 35 km
Beni BNC 1072 Civ. Unpaved No 4200 48 km
Wageni 1154 Civ. Unpaved No 5700 49 km

More information

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