M 4.5 in Kazakhstan on 24 Sep 2013 09:10 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: 13 Km
Lat/Lon: 42.82 , 69.61
Event Date: 24 Sep 2013 09:10 UTC
24 Sep 2013 15:10 Local
Exposed Population:
1258205 people within 100km
Source: EMSC 335656
Inserted at: 24 Sep 2013 09:33 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0 0
335656 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
1012267 0 24 Sep 2013 09:10 4.5M, 13km N/A 1.3 million (in 100km) 00:22 EMSC
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 Kazakhstan , Region of Chimkent (population 1,906,549) . The nearest places are Toshkent, Boralday, and Kenes.

Radius Population
100 km 1.3 million people
75 km 1000000 people
50 km 250000 people
20 km 19000 people
10 km 7200 people
5 km 1100 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Chimkent Kazakhstan 1.9 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Boralday Ongtusik Qazaqstan Kazakhstan Village - 6 km
Kenes Ongtusik Qazaqstan Kazakhstan Village - 7 km
Toshkent Toshkent (Tashkent) Uzbekistan Capital 2 million people 171 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
533 12 km
Chayan / Glinkovo 396 23 km
Kyzylasker 335 24 km
Chayan Leontyevka 351 25 km
Imendi Dzhambula / Chayan 366 28 km
Krasnyy Most East 305 28 km
Kyzylkishlak 396 30 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Badam Badam 1974 67 km

More information

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