Overall Green Earthquake alert in Nepal on 27 Feb 2017 04:21 UTC

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M 4.6 in Nepal on 27 Feb 2017 04:21 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:	4.6M
Depth:	25.72 Km
Lat/Lon:	27.3546 , 85.9562
Event Date:	27 Feb 2017 04:21 UTC 27 Feb 2017 10:06 Local
Exposed Population:	13180000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us20008mlv
Inserted at:	27 Feb 2017 05:09 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	5.9 (Nepal)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries:	Nepal= 5.9; India= 4.6; China= 3.6

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.1		0.1
us20008mlv	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
1158833		0.1	27 Feb 2017 04:21	4.6M, 25.72km	N/A	13.2 million (in 100km)		00:47	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 Nepal , Zone of Janakpur (population 2,221,955) . The nearest places are Beni Ghat, Ramechhap, Dhungrebas, Dumja, Gopalpur, Sangutar, Barabise, Katle, Pachuwar Ghat, Tandi, and Kathmandu.

Radius	Population
100 km	13.2 million people
75 km	5.1 million people
50 km	1.3 million people
20 km	210000 people
10 km	42000 people
5 km	15000 people
2 km	3800 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Janakpur	Nepal	2.2 million people
Bagmati	Nepal	2.4 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Beni Ghat	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	3 km
Ramechhap	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	13 km
Dhungrebas	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	16 km
Dumja	Bagmati	Nepal	Village	-	16 km
Gopalpur	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	25 km
Sangutar	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	26 km
Barabise	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	26 km
Katle	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	26 km
Pachuwar Ghat	Bagmati	Nepal	Village	-	31 km
Tandi	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	31 km
Charikot	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	35 km
Giri	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	41 km
Dolalghat	Bagmati	Nepal	Village	-	41 km
Lalbhitti	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	43 km
Atrauli	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	44 km
Bijalpura	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	46 km
Bhandar	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	46 km
Hariharpur Gadhi	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	47 km
Barahbise	Bagmati	Nepal	Village	-	48 km
Pahritol	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	49 km
Chilankha	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	50 km
Chisapani	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	50 km
Manebhaniyang	Sagarmatha	Nepal	Village	-	50 km
Chautara	Bagmati	Nepal	Village	-	52 km
Banepa	Bagmati	Nepal	Village	17000 people	53 km
Okhaldhunga	Sagarmatha	Nepal	Village	-	54 km
Harpur	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	55 km
Banrapati	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	56 km
Rasuwa	Sagarmatha	Nepal	Village	-	56 km
Tribeni Gatt	Sagarmatha	Nepal	Village	-	57 km
Sikpasor Khani	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	57 km
Dhalkewar	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	59 km
Sripur	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	59 km
Junbesi	Sagarmatha	Nepal	Village	-	62 km
Bingara	Narayani	Nepal	Village	-	62 km
Bhaktapur	Bagmati	Nepal	City	76000 people	63 km
Bela Muchhpakauni	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	65 km
Kuthanawa	Sagarmatha	Nepal	Village	-	65 km
Lamabagar	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	66 km
Rampur	Sagarmatha	Nepal	Village	-	68 km
Gamphathang	Bagmati	Nepal	Village	-	68 km
Malangwa	Janakpur	Nepal	City	20000 people	68 km
Mahankai	Bagmati	Nepal	Village	-	69 km
Janakpur	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	93000 people	69 km
Zham	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	70 km
Kathmandu	Bagmati	Nepal	Capital	780000 people	74 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
Jiri	JIR	unknown				0	41 km
Rumjartar	RUM	unknown				0	59 km
Phaplu	PPL	unknown				0	65 km
Tribhuvan International	KTM	1347	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10000	70 km
Janakpur	JKR	78	Civ.	Paved	No	3300	72 km
Lamidanda	LDN	unknown				0	72 km
Lukla	LUA	unknown				0	85 km
Mountain	MWP	unknown				0	94 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Kulekhani	Kulekhani	1982	83 km

More information

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