M 6.1 in Afghanistan from 21 Jun 2022 20:54 UTC to 20:54

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: 6.1M
Glide number: EQ-2022-000232-AFG
Depth: 50.83 Km
Lat/Lon: 33.1087 , 69.5285
Event Date: 21 Jun 2022 20:54 UTC
22 Jun 2022 01:24 Local
Exposed Population: About 5000 people in MMI
3.4 million in 100km
Source: NEIC us7000hj3u
Inserted at: 21 Jun 2022 21:16 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 7.5 (Afghanistan)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries: Afghanistan= 7.5; Pakistan= 5.7

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000hj3u Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 rapid impact -0.59  
  C2 rapid impact 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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
1449783 0 21 Jun 2022 20:54 6.1M, 50.83km 5.75 N/A (in MMI>=VII) N/A 00:22 NEIC
1449790 2.3 21 Jun 2022 20:54 5.9M, 10km 6.8 6 thousand (in MMI>=VII) N/A 00:57 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 Afghanistan ,of Paktika (population 363,319) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
5800 people
1.7 million people

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Paktika Afghanistan 360000 people
Federally Administered Tribal Areas Pakistan 330000 people
Paktia Afghanistan 1 million people
Ghazni Afghanistan no people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Spera Paktika Afghanistan Village - 10 km
Worzhanah Kalay Paktika Afghanistan Village - 28 km
Vazay Paktia Afghanistan Village - 30 km
Nikbal Khowst Afghanistan Village - 31 km
Tani Khowst Afghanistan Village - 31 km
Khowst Khowst Afghanistan Village 96000 people 44 km
Sarhawdza Paktika Afghanistan Village - 47 km
Razani Federally Administered Tribal Areas Pakistan Village - 49 km
Miram Shah Federally Administered Tribal Areas Pakistan Village 3300 people 52 km
Soltani Paktika Afghanistan Village - 53 km
Sarobi Paktika Afghanistan Village - 54 km
Yaqubi Khowst Afghanistan Village - 58 km
Mazarkhel Paktia Afghanistan Village - 58 km
Dheri Paktia Afghanistan Village - 60 km
Gardez Paktia Afghanistan City 100000 people 61 km
Goldadkheyl Paktia Afghanistan Village - 63 km
Mota Khan Paktika Afghanistan Village - 63 km
Tora Tega Khowst Afghanistan Village - 64 km
Ïdak Federally Administered Tribal Areas Pakistan Village - 68 km
Shkin Paktika Afghanistan Village - 70 km
Muskhel Paktika Afghanistan Village - 78 km
Palaw Paktika Afghanistan Village - 85 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Airports

Intensity Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Khost KHT 1172 Civ. Unpaved No 6500 47 km
Miram Shah 933 0 51 km
Sarhawdza 2152 0 66 km

More information

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