M 5.6 in Pakistan on 31 Jul 2022 13:42 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: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 25.1527 , 63.5489
Event Date: 31 Jul 2022 13:42 UTC
31 Jul 2022 18:42 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI VI
30 thousand in MMI&>=V
Source: NEIC us6000i6yz
Inserted at: 01 Aug 2022 17:20 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 5.7 (Pakistan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000i6yz Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 rapid impact -3.12  
  C2 rapid impact 1.16  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.07  
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
1456027 0 31 Jul 2022 13:42 5.5M, 10km 5.54 N/A (in MMI>=VII) N/A 00:21 NEIC
1456218 0 31 Jul 2022 13:42 5.6M, 10km 5.61 N/A (in MMI>=VII) N/A 1d 03:37 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 Pakistan ,of Baluchistan (population 6,517,825) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
<1000 people
32000 people

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Baluchistan Pakistan 33000 people
Baluchistan Pakistan 5200 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Pasni Balochistan Pakistan Village 33000 people 13 km
Miski Balochistan Pakistan Village - 26 km
Rumra Balochistan Pakistan Village - 33 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
Pasni PSI 4 Civ. Paved Yes 8900 26 km

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Country Distance
Pasni PKPSI Pakistan 15 km

More information

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