Orange Earthquake Alert Kyrgyzstan

Orange Earthquake Alert Kyrgyzstan

Summary

On 7/19/2011 7:35:40 PM UTC (about 00:21h local time) an earthquake of magnitude 6.2 occurred in the very highly populated region of Kyrgyzstan in Kyrgyzstan. The nearest populated places are: [None].

Potentially affected critical infrastructure:

• Nuclear plants: [None]
• Hydrodams: [None]
• Airports: [None]
• Ports: [None]

Based on an automated impact model, this earthquake, which occurred in a region with low vulnerability to natural disasters, has potentially a medium humanitarian impact.

Whether international humanitarian aid is needed must be decided by an expert.

Event Date Univ. Time:	Tue, 7/19/2011 19:35 UTC
European Time of the event:	Tue, 7/19/2011 21:35 CEST (Brussels, Paris, Rome)
East America Time of the event:	Tue, 7/19/2011 14:35 EST (New York, Washington)
West America Time of the event:	Tue, 7/19/2011 11:35 PST (San Francisco, Los Angeles)
East Asia Time of the event:	Wed, 7/20/2011 04:35 JTI (Tokyo)
This email report was automatically created by a computer at: 7/19/2011 7:52:17 PM UTC (16 minutes after the event)

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Earthquake Event

Characteristics

• Source: World Data Centre for Seismology, Denver (NEIC) M
• Magnitude: 6.2 M
• Depth: 1 km
• Location (Lat/Long): 40.1276 | 71.423
• Country: Kyrgyzstan
• Province:
• Region: Kyrgyzstan
• UTC/GMT (Greenwich time): 7/19/2011 7:35:40 PM
• Estimated local solar time: 7/20/2011 12:21:22 AM