M 4.7 Off-shore on 16 Feb 2016 23:06 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: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 26.3655 , 93.4149
Event Date: 16 Feb 2016 23:06 UTC
17 Feb 2016 04:36 Local
Exposed Population:
8491193 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 17 Feb 2016 00:09 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.2 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
1119690 0 16 Feb 2016 23:06 4.7M, 10km N/A 8.5 million (in 100km) 01:02 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 Erdangkramsa, Mumgaon, Narjon Basti, Jenggaon, Kaziranga, Longkamgaon, Sarhed, Hatikhuli, Jengpata, and Dikrum.

Radius Population
100 km 8.5 million people
75 km 5.4 million people
50 km 1.1 million people
20 km 20000 people
10 km 4700 people
5 km 1100 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Assam India 23.6 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Mumgaon Assam India Village - 7 km
Sarhed Assam India Village - 11 km
Erdangkramsa Assam India Village - 21 km
Longkamgaon Assam India Village - 21 km
Jenggaon Assam India Village - 22 km
Dikrum Assam India Village - 24 km
Jengpata Assam India Village - 25 km
Kaziranga Assam India Village - 26 km
Hatikhuli Assam India Village - 27 km
Narjon Basti Assam India Village - 30 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
Dimapur DMU 148 Mil. Paved Yes 7300 64 km
Tezpur 73 73 km

More information

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