M 4.6 in Myanmar on 08 Jun 2014 09:15 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: 4.6M
Depth: 35.4 Km
Lat/Lon: 19.5646 , 96.1956
Event Date: 08 Jun 2014 09:15 UTC
08 Jun 2014 15:45 Local
Exposed Population:
2363864 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 08 Jun 2014 09:59 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1052487 0 08 Jun 2014 09:15 4.6M, 35.4km N/A 2.4 million (in 100km) 00:44 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 Myanmar , Division of Mandalay (population 5,794,043) . The nearest places are Ela, and Thawatti.

Radius Population
100 km 2.4 million people
75 km 1.3 million people
50 km 780000 people
20 km 400000 people
10 km 110000 people
5 km 32000 people
2 km 6400 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Mandalay Myanmar 5.8 million people
Pegu Myanmar 4.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Ela Mandalay Myanmar City - 7 km
Thawatti Mandalay Myanmar Village - 7 km

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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
Taungoo 46 64 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Sunchaung Sun Creek n/a 93 km
Taungnawin Taungnawin Creek n/a 96 km
Mobye Baluchaung 1971 97 km

More information

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