Overall Green Earthquake alert in India on 11 Aug 2016 10:55 UTC

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M 4.8 in India on 11 Aug 2016 10:55 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:	4.8M
Depth:	51.81 Km
Lat/Lon:	7.7304 , 93.7171
Event Date:	11 Aug 2016 10:55 UTC 11 Aug 2016 16:55 Local
Exposed Population:	About 22086 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10006cwl
Inserted at:	11 Aug 2016 11:30 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us10006cwl	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

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1136338		0	11 Aug 2016 10:55	4.8M, 51.81km	N/A	20 thousand (in 100km)		00:34	NEIC

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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) . The nearest places are Anowa, Olenchi, Heya, Tafwap, Enfok, Patua, Maru, Oal-Kolo-Kwak, Mohean, and Tiden.

Radius	Population
100 km	22000 people
75 km	13000 people
50 km	8300 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
Aceh	Indonesia	4.3 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Anowa	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	India	Village	-	30 km
Olenchi	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	India	Village	-	34 km
Heya	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	India	Village	-	35 km
Tafwap	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	India	Village	-	41 km
Enfok	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	India	Village	-	43 km
Patua	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	India	Village	-	46 km
Maru	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	India	Village	-	46 km
Oal-Kolo-Kwak	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	India	Village	-	48 km
Mohean	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	India	Village	-	50 km
Tiden	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	India	Village	-	54 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Nancowry		India	38 km
Little Nicobar Island		India	45 km

More information

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