Overall Green Earthquake alert in Iran on 02 Jan 2020 04:29 UTC

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M 5.5 in Iran on 02 Jan 2020 04:29 UTC

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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:	5.5M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	34.1474 , 60.2996
Event Date:	02 Jan 2020 04:29 UTC 02 Jan 2020 07:59 Local
Exposed Population:	Less than 100 people in MMI VII 420000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us70006tev
Inserted at:	03 Jan 2020 18:39 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	7.5 (Islamic Republic of Iran)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries:	Afghanistan= 7.5; Islamic Republic of Iran= 4.6

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0.5		0.5
us70006tev	Scaled population (raster)	1.11
	C1 shakemap	0.11
	C2 shakemap	0.4
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.94

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1288459		0	02 Jan 2020 04:29	5.2M, 10km	N/A	420 thousand (in 100km)		00:19	NEIC
1288700		0.5	02 Jan 2020 04:29	5.5M, 10km	6.84	136 (in MMI>=VII)		1d 14:10	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 Islamic Republic of Iran ,of Khorasan (population 43) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	<1000 people
	8400 people
	18000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0.5	1288700	34.147/60.3	5.5	10.0	6.845	03 Jan 2020 18:39	1d 14:10	(new episode)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Khorasan	Islamic Republic of Iran	<1000 people
Khorasan	Islamic Republic of Iran	7800 people
Khorasan	Islamic Republic of Iran	16000 people
Herat	Afghanistan	<1000 people
Khorasan	Islamic Republic of Iran	69000 people
Herat	Afghanistan	3900 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Neyazabad	North/Razavi/South Khorasan	Iran	Village	-	10 km
Majnabad	North/Razavi/South Khorasan	Iran	Village	-	18 km
Sangan	North/Razavi/South Khorasan	Iran	Village	-	28 km
Chah Payab	North/Razavi/South Khorasan	Iran	Village	-	38 km
Khar Gerd	North/Razavi/South Khorasan	Iran	Village	-	45 km
Zuzan	North/Razavi/South Khorasan	Iran	Village	-	46 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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