Overall Green Earthquake alert in Afghanistan on 21 Mar 2023 16:47 UTC

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M 6.5 in Afghanistan on 21 Mar 2023 16:47 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact

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:	6.5M
Depth:	187.589 Km
Lat/Lon:	36.5227 , 70.9787
Event Date:	21 Mar 2023 16:47 UTC 21 Mar 2023 21:17 Local
Exposed Population:	1.2 million in MMI IV
Source:	NEIC us7000jln7
Inserted at:	21 Mar 2023 17:06 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	7.5 (Afghanistan)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000jln7	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 shakemap	0
	C2 shakemap	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

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
1496695		0	21 Mar 2023 16:47	6.5M, 187.589km	4.7	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:18	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 Afghanistan ,of Badakhshan (population 876,611) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1496695	70.979/36.523	6.5	187.6	4.362	21 Mar 2023 17:11	00:23	(new episode)
2	1496695	70.979/36.523	6.5	187.6	4.362	21 Mar 2023 17:19	00:32	(upd of #1)
3	1496695	70.979/36.523	6.5	187.6	4.362	21 Mar 2023 18:03	01:15	(upd of #2)
4	1496695	70.979/36.523	6.5	187.6	4.362	21 Mar 2023 18:51	02:03	(upd of #3)
5	1496695	70.979/36.523	6.5	187.6	4.701	22 Mar 2023 01:31	08:44	(upd of #4)
6	1496695	70.979/36.523	6.5	187.6	4.702	22 Mar 2023 17:40	1d 00:53	(upd of #5)
7	1496695	70.946/36.519	6.5	192	4.695	29 Mar 2023 23:50	8d 07:03	(upd of #6)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Badakhshan	Afghanistan	880000 people
North-west Frontier	Pakistan	530000 people
Takhar	Afghanistan	1.1 million people
Konarha	Afghanistan	2100 people
Dushanbe	Tajikistan	46000 people
Kapisa	Afghanistan	<1000 people
Laghman	Afghanistan	<1000 people
Baghlan	Afghanistan	16000 people
Kulyab	Tajikistan	140000 people
Northern Areas	Pakistan	<1000 people
Konduz	Afghanistan	110000 people
Kurgan Tyube	Tajikistan	21000 people
Parvan	Afghanistan	33000 people
Kabol	Afghanistan	no people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Ghowrayd Gharami	Badakhshan	Afghanistan	Village	-	17 km
Tergeran	Badakhshan	Afghanistan	Village	-	24 km
Shahr-e Jorm	Badakhshan	Afghanistan	Village	-	41 km
Eshkashem	Badakhshan	Afghanistan	Village	12000 people	56 km
Dung Gushten	North West Frontier	Pakistan	Village	-	57 km
Madrasan	Badakhshan	Afghanistan	Village	-	61 km
Shah-e Pari	Badakhshan	Afghanistan	Village	-	70 km
Chala Darreh	Badakhshan	Afghanistan	Village	-	74 km
Feyzabad	Badakhshan	Afghanistan	City	-	75 km
Vark	Badakhshan	Afghanistan	Village	-	77 km
Darband	North West Frontier	Pakistan	Village	-	78 km
Isari	Badakhshan	Afghanistan	Village	-	79 km
Korogah	Takhar	Afghanistan	Village	-	80 km
Keshem	Takhar	Afghanistan	Village	-	85 km
Pastaw	Takhar	Afghanistan	Village	-	94 km
Kalafgan	Takhar	Afghanistan	Village	-	97 km
Kalan Elga	Badakhshan	Afghanistan	Village	-	97 km
Farkhar	Takhar	Afghanistan	Village	6500 people	100 km
Cal	Takhar	Afghanistan	Village	-	129 km
Taloqan	Takhar	Afghanistan	City	33000 people	131 km
Sanoghar	North West Frontier	Pakistan	Village	-	132 km
Deh Lala	Baghlan	Afghanistan	Village	-	135 km
Chah-e Ab	Takhar	Afghanistan	Village	-	142 km
Toregh Qeshlaq	Kondoz	Afghanistan	Village	-	146 km
Khoja-i-Gar	Kondoz	Afghanistan	Village	-	152 km
Kuchi	Kondoz	Afghanistan	Village	-	153 km
Dasht-e Qaleh	Takhar	Afghanistan	Village	-	155 km
'Abd ol Hezar Beyg	Takhar	Afghanistan	Village	-	156 km
Yangi Qal Ei	Takhar	Afghanistan	Village	-	161 km
Chichkeh	Kondoz	Afghanistan	City	-	163 km
Khanabad	Kondoz	Afghanistan	Village	76000 people	168 km
Ak-Mazar	Khatlon	Tajikistan	Village	-	174 km
Saryk	Khatlon	Tajikistan	Village	-	177 km
Parkhar	Khatlon	Tajikistan	Village	-	177 km
Shang	North West Frontier	Pakistan	Village	-	242 km
Dandai	North West Frontier	Pakistan	Village	-	260 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
Ishkashim		30480				0	62 km
Faizabad	FBD	1180	Civ.	Unpaved	No	6500	78 km
Chitral	CJL	1494	Civ.	Paved	No	5800	102 km
Taluqan	TQN	unknown				0	132 km
Khojaghar		490	Civ.	Unpaved	No	7800	157 km
Moskovskiy / Pyandzh		467				0	172 km
Moskovskiy / Pyandzh Southwest		274				0	177 km
Parkhar South		441				0	177 km

More information

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