M 5.3 in India on 05 Apr 2017 16:44 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters
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: 5.3M
Depth: 33.64 Km
Lat/Lon: 14.4749 , 93.056
Event Date: 05 Apr 2017 16:44 UTC
05 Apr 2017 22:44 Local
Exposed Population:
About 1000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us10008ep4
Inserted at: 05 Apr 2017 17:03 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.1 (India)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10008ep4 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1162934 0 05 Apr 2017 16:44 5.3M, 33.64km N/A 2 thousand (in 100km) 00:18 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.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in India , Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands (population 295,612) .

Radius Population
100 km 1900 people
75 km 1700 people
50 km <1000 people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Andaman and Nicobar Islands India 300000 people
Irrawaddy Myanmar 6.3 million people
Arakan State Myanmar 2.6 million people
Rangoon Myanmar 5 million people
Pegu Myanmar 4.8 million people

Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Coco Island 6 Civ. Paved No 3900 50 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Preparis Island Myanmar 78 km

More information

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