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M 6.2 in Islamic Republic of Iran from 01 Jul 2022 23:25 UTC to 23:25

Hazard models

Rapid Impact

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

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

Earthquake Magnitude:	6.2M
Glide number:	EQ-2022-000248-IRN
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	26.8884 , 55.2855
Event Date:	01 Jul 2022 23:25 UTC 02 Jul 2022 03:55 Local
Exposed Population:	Less then 100 people in MMI VIII 7 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Source:	NEIC us6000hz9v
Inserted at:	01 Jul 2022 23:46 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	4.6 (Islamic Republic of Iran)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	1.2		0		1.2
us6000hz9v	Scaled population (raster)	3.07	Max wave alert	0m
	C1 rapid impact	0.11	Max wave realtime	0m
	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

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1451269	1.2	01 Jul 2022 23:25	6.2M, 10km	7.55	7 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	0m (at 00:00)	00:21	NEIC
1451278	1.1	01 Jul 2022 23:25	6M, 10km	7.39	6 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	N/A	00:43	NEIC
1451301	1.2	01 Jul 2022 23:25	6M, 10km	7.39	6 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	N/A	02:31	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 Hormozgan (population 989,556) . The alertlevel for this event is ORANGE

Intensity	Population
	<1000 people
	5700 people
	38000 people
	170000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Hormozgan	Islamic Republic of Iran	1400 people
Hormozgan	Islamic Republic of Iran	1300 people
Hormozgan	Islamic Republic of Iran	25000 people
Hormozgan	Islamic Republic of Iran	120000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Dezhgan	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	1 km
Bandar Suflin	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	16 km
Basaidu	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	27 km
Chahu Shomali	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	30 km
Khamir	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	31 km
Hiru	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	27 km
Bandar-e Band-e	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	35 km
Dustku	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	35 km
Baverd	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	43 km
Lemazan	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	44 km
Tabl	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	46 km
Seyyed Jabal ed Din	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	46 km
Salagh	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	47 km
Band-e Kong	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	47 km
Pahel	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	48 km
Bandar-e Laft	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	48 km
Darva	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	49 km
Laft	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	49 km
Tang-e Dalan	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	53 km
Bandar-e Lengeh	Hormozgan	Iran	City	22000 people	54 km
Kavarzin	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	56 km
Kachu	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	60 km
Din	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	61 km
Deh-e Tall	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	62 km
Gachin-e Pa'in	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	64 km
Direstan	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	67 km
Chah-i-Musallam	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	74 km
Ramkan	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	75 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
	Bandar Lengeh	BDH	10	Civ.	Paved	Yes	6500	61 km
	Qeshm Central		15	Civ.	Paved	No	13600	63 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Basidu		Iran	26 km
Khamir		Iran	31 km
Lingah	IRLIN	Iran	54 km
Henjam	IRHEJ	Iran	64 km

More information

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