M 5.4 in Myanmar-India Border Region on 09 Sep 2014 09:28 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: 5.4M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 22.16 , 93.14
Event Date: 09 Sep 2014 09:28 UTC
09 Sep 2014 14:58 Local
Exposed Population:
737228 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 09 Sep 2014 09:48 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.9 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
1059875 0 09 Sep 2014 09:28 5.4M, 10km N/A 740 thousand (in 100km) 00:19 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 , State of Chin State (population 467,022) . The nearest places are Chittagong, and Hlungmang.

Radius Population
100 km 740000 people
75 km 290000 people
50 km 110000 people
20 km 12000 people
10 km 3100 people
5 km 1400 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Chin State Myanmar 470000 people
Mizoram India 730000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Hlungmang Chin Myanmar Village - 7 km
Chittagong Chittagong Bangladesh Major city 2.5 million people 137 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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