Overall Green Earthquake alert in Botswana from 03 Apr 2017 17:40 UTC to 17:40

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M 6.8 in Botswana from 03 Apr 2017 17:40 UTC to 17:40

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:	6.8M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	-22.7 , 25.17
Event Date:	03 Apr 2017 17:40 UTC 03 Apr 2017 19:40 Local
Exposed Population:	About 16000 people within 100km
Source:	GEOFON gfz2017gnlg
Inserted at:	03 Apr 2017 17:50 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.6 (Botswana)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
GEOFON	0		0
gfz2017gnlg	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1162682	03 Apr 2017 17:40	6.8M, 10km	N/A	20 thousand (in 100km)	00:10	GEOFON
1162684	03 Apr 2017 17:40	6.5M, 11.6km	N/A	10 thousand (in 100km)	00:22	NEIC
1162685	03 Apr 2017 17:40	6.5M, 29km	8.1	2 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	01:10	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 Botswana , District of Ghanzi (population 26,956) . The nearest places are and Zuwe.

Radius	Population
100 km	16000 people
75 km	7200 people
50 km	3500 people
20 km	<1000 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Ghanzi	Botswana	27000 people
Central	Botswana	450000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Zuwe	Ghanzi	Botswana	Village	-	52 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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