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:	6.0M
Glide number:	EQ-2022-000248-IRN
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	26.8992 , 55.3207
Event Date:	01 Jul 2022 23:25 UTC 02 Jul 2022 03:55 Local
Exposed Population:	About 6000 people in MMI 6 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Source:	NEIC us6000hz9v
Inserted at:	02 Jul 2022 01:57 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	1.2		1.2
us6000hz9v	Scaled population (raster)	2.95
	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

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
	5900 people
	16000 people
	87000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Hormozgan	Islamic Republic of Iran	1200 people
Hormozgan	Islamic Republic of Iran	<1000 people
Hormozgan	Islamic Republic of Iran	42000 people
Hormozgan	Islamic Republic of Iran	46000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Dezhgan	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	4 km
Bandar Suflin	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	18 km
Khamir	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	27 km
Basaidu	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	28 km
Chahu Shomali	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	28 km
Hiru	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	29 km
Seyyed Jabal ed Din	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	43 km
Pahel	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	44 km
Dustku	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	36 km
Bandar-e Band-e	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	38 km
Tabl	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	43 km
Salagh	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	44 km
Bandar-e Laft	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	44 km
Laft	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	46 km
Lemazan	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	46 km
Baverd	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	47 km
Kavarzin	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	53 km
Kachu	Hormozgan	Iran	Village	-	56 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
	Qeshm Central		15	Civ.	Paved	No	13600	60 km

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
	Khamir		Iran	27 km
	Basidu		Iran	28 km

More information

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