Overall Green Earthquake alert in India on 12 Feb 2017 04:05 UTC

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M 4.5 in India on 12 Feb 2017 04:05 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:	4.5M
Depth:	33.19 Km
Lat/Lon:	25.5397 , 91.0857
Event Date:	12 Feb 2017 04:05 UTC 12 Feb 2017 09:35 Local
Exposed Population:	10570000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us20008j9t
Inserted at:	12 Feb 2017 04:27 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	5.4 (Bangladesh)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries:	Bangladesh= 5.4; India= 4.6

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us20008j9t	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1157141		0	12 Feb 2017 04:05	4.5M, 33.19km	N/A	10.6 million (in 100km)		00:21	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 Meghalaya (population 1,864,718) . The nearest places are Patharkhnang, Maumarin, Nongpur, Nongstoin, Rengjeng, Umshem, Suanggiri, Nongnem, Rangoberam, Mawdoh, and Bajendoba.

Radius	Population
100 km	10.6 million people
75 km	3.8 million people
50 km	810000 people
20 km	63000 people
10 km	8400 people
5 km	1400 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Meghalaya	India	1.9 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Patharkhnang	Meghalaya	India	Village	-	13 km
Maumarin	Meghalaya	India	Village	-	16 km
Nongpur	Meghalaya	India	Village	-	16 km
Nongstoin	Meghalaya	India	Village	25000 people	18 km
Rengjeng	Meghalaya	India	Village	-	25 km
Umshem	Meghalaya	India	Village	-	29 km
Suanggiri	Meghalaya	India	Village	-	29 km
Nongnem	Meghalaya	India	Village	-	29 km
Rangoberam	Meghalaya	India	Village	-	34 km
Mawdoh	Meghalaya	India	Village	-	35 km
Mawrongor	Meghalaya	India	Village	-	36 km
Rangthong	Meghalaya	India	Village	-	38 km
Panikunda	Meghalaya	India	Village	-	38 km
Takerhat	Meghalaya	India	Village	-	39 km
Mongwalbibra	Meghalaya	India	Village	-	40 km
Bishnupur	Assam	India	Village	-	40 km
Bandapara	Assam	India	Village	-	44 km
Cheran	Meghalaya	India	Village	-	45 km
Rangsi	Sylhet	Bangladesh	Village	-	46 km
Kynshi	Meghalaya	India	Village	-	47 km
Moilang	Meghalaya	India	Village	-	47 km
Bisauti	Dhaka	Bangladesh	Village	-	48 km
Songsak	Meghalaya	India	Village	-	48 km
Mawdem	Meghalaya	India	Village	-	49 km
Rewak Songmong	Meghalaya	India	Village	-	50 km
Bangsi	Meghalaya	India	Village	-	51 km
Alipur	Sylhet	Bangladesh	Village	-	51 km
Sripur	Sylhet	Bangladesh	Village	-	51 km
Mawkarah	Meghalaya	India	Village	-	51 km
Tilapara	Assam	India	Village	-	52 km
Laitmawsiang	Meghalaya	India	Village	-	52 km
Lengura	Dhaka	Bangladesh	Village	-	52 km
Rongrenggiri	Meghalaya	India	Village	-	52 km
Boko	Assam	India	Village	-	52 km
Kandapara	Sylhet	Bangladesh	Village	-	53 km
Kaluma Kanda	Dhaka	Bangladesh	Village	-	54 km
Bheluatali	Dhaka	Bangladesh	Village	-	55 km
Chhanbari	Sylhet	Bangladesh	Village	-	58 km
Khutabari	Assam	India	Village	-	58 km
Barkhapan	Dhaka	Bangladesh	Village	-	59 km
Chamajani	Dhaka	Bangladesh	Village	-	59 km
Dudhnai	Assam	India	Village	-	61 km
Loharghat	Assam	India	Village	-	61 km
Durgapur	Dhaka	Bangladesh	Village	-	61 km
Durlabhpur	Sylhet	Bangladesh	Village	-	61 km
Mau	Dhaka	Bangladesh	Village	-	62 km
Allipur	Dhaka	Bangladesh	Village	-	62 km
Sunamganj	Sylhet	Bangladesh	Village	58000 people	63 km
Nagarbera	Assam	India	Village	-	63 km
Mawiong	Meghalaya	India	Village	-	63 km
Lauripara	Dhaka	Bangladesh	Village	-	64 km
Dommati	Meghalaya	India	Village	-	65 km
Sultanpur	Sylhet	Bangladesh	Village	-	65 km
Bar Parua	Dhaka	Bangladesh	Village	-	65 km
Rajdharpur	Sylhet	Bangladesh	Village	-	65 km
Charulia	Dhaka	Bangladesh	Village	-	65 km
Ramnagar	Sylhet	Bangladesh	Village	-	66 km
Mulinagar	Sylhet	Bangladesh	Village	-	67 km
Bamangaon	Dhaka	Bangladesh	Village	-	67 km
Bakaljhora	Dhaka	Bangladesh	Village	-	67 km
Bogla Bazar	Sylhet	Bangladesh	Village	-	67 km
Babupur	Sylhet	Bangladesh	Village	-	67 km
Lanka Patharia	Sylhet	Bangladesh	Village	-	68 km
Manoharpur	Sylhet	Bangladesh	Village	-	68 km
Rangshken	Meghalaya	India	Village	-	68 km
Rongoro Asimgiri	Meghalaya	India	Village	-	69 km
Kolay	Sylhet	Bangladesh	Village	-	69 km
Amtala	Assam	India	Village	-	69 km
Dalgoma	Assam	India	Village	-	69 km
Kafairgara	Dhaka	Bangladesh	Village	-	69 km
Thongbolgiri	Meghalaya	India	Village	-	69 km
Jalalpur	Sylhet	Bangladesh	Village	-	69 km
Bajendoba	Meghalaya	India	Village	-	70 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
Sirajganj	SAJ	unknown				0	54 km
Shella		24				0	69 km
Borjhar	GAU	49	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9000	80 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Umiam	Umiam	Umiam	1964	83 km

More information

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