M 4.7 in India on 04 Dec 2014 23:53 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: 4.7M
Depth: 55.23 Km
Lat/Lon: 26.83 , 92.58
Event Date: 04 Dec 2014 23:53 UTC
05 Dec 2014 05:23 Local
Exposed Population:
7589928 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 05 Dec 2014 00:45 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.2 0.2
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
1066300 0 04 Dec 2014 23:53 5.1M, 55.7km N/A 7.7 million (in 100km) 00:45 NEIC
1066301 0.2 04 Dec 2014 23:53 4.7M, 55.23km N/A 7.6 million (in 100km) 00:51 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 , State of Assam (population 23,612,650) . The nearest places are and Digbaljuli.

Radius Population
100 km 7.7 million people
75 km 5.4 million people
50 km 2.3 million people
20 km 460000 people
10 km 110000 people
5 km 32000 people
2 km 1800 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Assam India 23.6 million people
Arunachal Pradesh India 910000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Digbaljuli Assam India Village - 3 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
Tezpur 73 27 km

More information

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