M 5 in India on 05 May 2017 17:58 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: 5.0M
Depth: 32.18 Km
Lat/Lon: 13.7361 , 92.575
Event Date: 05 May 2017 17:58 UTC
05 May 2017 23:58 Local
Exposed Population:
About 38000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us10008puy
Inserted at: 06 May 2017 16:51 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
4.6 (India)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10008puy 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

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1166666 0 05 May 2017 17:58 5M, 27.71km N/A 40 thousand (in 100km) 00:28 NEIC
1166768 0 05 May 2017 17:58 5M, 32.18km N/A 40 thousand (in 100km) 22:52 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 , Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands (population 295,612) . The nearest places are Ilichar, and Diglipur.

Radius Population
100 km 39000 people
75 km 23000 people
50 km 1100 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
Irrawaddy Myanmar 6.3 million people
Arakan State Myanmar 2.6 million people
Rangoon Myanmar 5 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Ilichar Andaman and Nicobar Islands India Village - 66 km
Diglipur Andaman and Nicobar Islands 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
Coco Island 6 Civ. Paved No 3900 98 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Port Cornwallis India 59 km

More information

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