Overall Red Earthquake alert in Pakistan on 24 Sep 2013 11:29 UTC

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M 7.8 in Pakistan on 24 Sep 2013 11:29 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a high humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude:	7.8M
Glide number:	EQ-2013-000121-PAK
Depth:	15 Km
Lat/Lon:	27.0162 , 65.5466
Event Date:	24 Sep 2013 11:29 UTC 24 Sep 2013 16:29 Local
Exposed Population:	266988 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC usb000jyiv
Inserted at:	24 Sep 2013 12:38 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	3		3
usb000jyiv	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

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1012284	2.7	24 Sep 2013 11:29	7.5M, 10km	N/A	300 thousand (in 100km)	00:09	GEOFON
1012314	3	24 Sep 2013 11:29	7.8M, 15km	N/A	270 thousand (in 100km)	01:08	NEIC
1012336	2.9	24 Sep 2013 11:29	7.7M, 0km	N/A	290 thousand (in 100km)	02:39	EMSC
1013987	2.6	24 Sep 2013 11:29	7.4M, 22.94km	8.92	160 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	7d 01:29	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 Pakistan , Province of Baluchistan (population 6,517,825) . The nearest places are Parwan, Kandam, Tank Na Bar, Pelar, Pasht Koh, Kandagin Chauki, Doleji Daf, Hudishi, Jebri, Sorap, and Shank.

Radius	Population
100 km	270000 people
75 km	150000 people
50 km	57000 people
20 km	20000 people
10 km	16000 people
5 km	7100 people
2 km	3100 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Baluchistan	Pakistan	6.5 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Parwan	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	1 km
Kandam	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	12 km
Tank Na Bar	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	20 km
Pelar	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	30 km
Pasht Koh	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	30 km
Kandagin Chauki	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	32 km
Doleji Daf	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	34 km
Hudishi	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	36 km
Jebri	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	36 km
Sorap	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	37 km
Rungani	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	46 km
Saka kalat	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	51 km
Ghichak	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	53 km
Rustam Khan Shahr	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	54 km
Gwani	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	58 km
Lakator	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	59 km
Nag	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	59 km
Gwani Kalat	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	61 km
Pishuk	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	63 km
Aundara	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	64 km
Chagai	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	65 km
Zwardam Daf	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	65 km
Bedi	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	67 km
Haji Mihrab	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	68 km
Kacha Daman	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	70 km
Shank	Balochistan	Pakistan	Village	-	70 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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