M 5.6 in Islamic Republic of Iran on 24 Mar 2023 03:16 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: 5.6M
Depth: 17.884 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.462 , 44.8446
Event Date: 24 Mar 2023 03:16 UTC
24 Mar 2023 07:46 Local
Exposed Population: 220 thousand in MMI VI
Source: NEIC us7000jmbi
Inserted at: 24 Mar 2023 03:36 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 4.6 (Islamic Republic of Iran)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.6 0.6
us7000jmbi Scaled population (raster) 1.43  
  C1 rapid impact 0.11  
  C2 rapid impact 0.4  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.94  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

The green area correspond to areas affected by strong shaking (MMI VI or higher) according to the simulation.


Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1497125 0.6 24 Mar 2023 03:16 5.6M, 17.884km 6.33 N/A (in MMI>=VII) N/A 00:19 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.

Rapid Impact

The results presented below are calculated with the ShakeMap open source software (USGS) using only earthquake hypocenter information to provide a rapid estimation of the ground motion and shaking intensity without taking into account any instrumental observations or earthquake source scaling laws.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Islamic Republic of Iran ,of Azarbayjan-e Bakhtari (population 2,559,788) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
220000 people
250000 people

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Azarbayjan-e Bakhtari Islamic Republic of Iran 180000 people
Azarbayjan-e Bakhtari Islamic Republic of Iran 270000 people
Azarbayjan-e Bakhtari Islamic Republic of Iran 110000 people
Azarbayjan-e Khavari Islamic Republic of Iran 8100 people
Van Türkiye <1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Khoy Azarbayjan-e Gharbi Iran City - 13 km
Shahpur Azarbayjan-e Gharbi Iran City - 30 km
Chahar Setun Azarbayjan-e Gharbi Iran Village - 27 km
Hamzian Pass Azarbayjan-e Gharbi Iran Village - 28 km
Habashi Pa'in Azarbayjan-e Gharbi Iran Village - 32 km
'Alam Saray Azarbayjan-e Sharqi Iran Village - 32 km
Khantakh Azarbayjan-e Gharbi Iran Village - 37 km
Tasuj Azarbayjan-e Sharqi Iran Village - 48 km
Qareh Ziaoddin Azarbayjan-e Gharbi Iran Village - 50 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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