Overall Green Earthquake alert in India on 29 May 2017 13:53 UTC

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M 4.5 in India on 29 May 2017 13:53 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:	38.71 Km
Lat/Lon:	33.2787 , 75.9138
Event Date:	29 May 2017 13:53 UTC 29 May 2017 19:23 Local
Exposed Population:	2070000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10008w1v
Inserted at:	29 May 2017 16:42 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.6 (India)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us10008w1v	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
1169364		0	29 May 2017 13:53	4.5M, 38.71km	N/A	2.1 million (in 100km)		02:48	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 Jammu & Kashmir (population 8,175,043) . The nearest places are Shazal, Ariz, Shandero, Dul, Kadnel, Khandhot, Gondo, Sondar, Mugal Maidan, Bhart, and Hinsa.

Radius	Population
100 km	2.1 million people
75 km	780000 people
50 km	400000 people
20 km	93000 people
10 km	14000 people
5 km	1800 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Jammu & Kashmir	India	8.2 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Shazal	Jammu & Kashmir	India	Village	-	12 km
Ariz	Jammu & Kashmir	India	Village	-	13 km
Shandero	Jammu & Kashmir	India	Village	-	14 km
Dul	Jammu & Kashmir	India	Village	-	18 km
Kadnel	Jammu & Kashmir	India	Village	-	19 km
Khandhot	Jammu & Kashmir	India	Village	-	22 km
Gondo	Jammu & Kashmir	India	Village	-	23 km
Sondar	Jammu & Kashmir	India	Village	-	24 km
Mugal Maidan	Jammu & Kashmir	India	Village	-	26 km
Bhart	Jammu & Kashmir	India	Village	-	29 km
Hawal	Jammu & Kashmir	India	Village	-	30 km
Kuta	Jammu & Kashmir	India	Village	-	31 km
Haraz	Jammu & Kashmir	India	Village	-	35 km
Chishot	Jammu & Kashmir	India	Village	-	35 km
Bistaun	Jammu & Kashmir	India	Village	-	35 km
Thalol	Jammu & Kashmir	India	Village	-	37 km
Doda	Jammu & Kashmir	India	Village	18000 people	37 km
Bhadarwah	Jammu & Kashmir	India	Village	-	39 km
Singpur	Jammu & Kashmir	India	Village	-	39 km
Panjan	Jammu & Kashmir	India	Village	-	41 km
Alwas	Jammu & Kashmir	India	Village	-	42 km
Metwan	Jammu & Kashmir	India	Village	-	47 km
Goati	Himachal Pradesh	India	Village	-	47 km
Nogam	Jammu & Kashmir	India	Village	-	48 km
Khaleni	Jammu & Kashmir	India	Village	-	48 km
Baryinnar	Jammu & Kashmir	India	Village	-	50 km
Bhuzas	Jammu & Kashmir	India	Village	-	52 km
Gujararu	Jammu & Kashmir	India	Village	-	53 km
Sunukothi	Jammu & Kashmir	India	Village	-	53 km
Kaplas	Jammu & Kashmir	India	Village	-	56 km
Marbal	Jammu & Kashmir	India	Village	-	56 km
Shaini	Himachal Pradesh	India	Village	-	56 km
Kumar	Himachal Pradesh	India	Village	-	57 km
Thirdu	Jammu & Kashmir	India	Village	-	59 km
Chandal	Jammu & Kashmir	India	Village	-	60 km
Chapar	Jammu & Kashmir	India	Village	-	63 km
Dumare	Himachal Pradesh	India	Village	-	64 km
Chineni	Jammu & Kashmir	India	Village	-	65 km
Gaoran	Jammu & Kashmir	India	Village	-	66 km
Shupkanjan	Jammu & Kashmir	India	Village	-	67 km
Mul Warwan	Jammu & Kashmir	India	Village	-	67 km
Tunguna	Himachal Pradesh	India	Village	-	68 km
Batli	Jammu & Kashmir	India	Village	-	68 km
Gund	Jammu & Kashmir	India	Village	-	69 km
Hinsa	Himachal Pradesh	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
Udhampur		594				0	82 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Thein Dam	Ravi	2000	94 km

More information

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