Overall Green Earthquake alert in Congo, The Democratic Republic of the on 07 Aug 2015 01:28 UTC

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M 5.5 in Congo, The Democratic Republic of the on 07 Aug 2015 01:28 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:	5.5M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	-2.1022 , 28.9298
Event Date:	07 Aug 2015 01:28 UTC 07 Aug 2015 03:28 Local
Exposed Population:	8380000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	07 Aug 2015 02:03 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.6		0.6
	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.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1091212		0.6	07 Aug 2015 01:28	5.5M, 10km	N/A	8.4 million (in 100km)		00:34	NEIC

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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 ,of Kivu (population 103,418) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population
	100000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1091212	-2.102/28.93	5.5	10	0	17 Oct 2016 10:43	437d 09:14	(new episode)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Kivu	Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	100000 people
Kivu	Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	1.5 million people
Cyangugu	Rwanda	640000 people
Kibuye	Rwanda	290000 people
Gisenyi	Rwanda	350000 people
Gikongoro	Rwanda	2900 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Kalehe		Democratic Republic of the Congo	Village	-	1 km
Kaseke		Democratic Republic of the Congo	Village	-	9 km
Mugote		Democratic Republic of the Congo	Village	-	21 km
Kashofu		Democratic Republic of the Congo	Village	-	22 km
Kiumba		Democratic Republic of the Congo	Village	-	25 km
Majibu		Democratic Republic of the Congo	Village	-	30 km
Cyesha	Cyangugu	Rwanda	Village	-	32 km
Numbi		Democratic Republic of the Congo	Village	-	35 km
Mbarata		Democratic Republic of the Congo	Village	-	39 km
Gishyita	Kibuye	Rwanda	Village	-	39 km
Bunyakiri		Democratic Republic of the Congo	Village	-	40 km
Kabare		Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	36000 people	42 km
Cyangugu	Cyangugu	Rwanda	City	64000 people	43 km
Kadjedje		Democratic Republic of the Congo	Village	-	44 km
Bobandana		Democratic Republic of the Congo	Village	-	45 km
Bukavu		Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	220000 people	47 km
Rambo-Buniakiri		Democratic Republic of the Congo	Village	-	51 km
Goma		Democratic Republic of the Congo	City	140000 people	56 km
Busurungi		Democratic Republic of the Congo	Village	-	58 km
Gisenyi	Gisenyi	Rwanda	Village	83000 people	58 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
Bukavu Kavumu	BKY	1717	Civ.	Paved	No	6500	27 km
Kamembe	KME	1591	Civ.	Paved	No	4900	40 km
Goma International	GOM	1551	Civ.	Paved	No	3200	59 km

Dams

Intensity	Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Lake Kivu	Ruzizi 1	Ruzizi	1959	45 km

More information

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