M 4.9 in Nicobar Islands, India Region on 16 May 2019 06:51 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: 4.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 7.4162 , 94.3029
Event Date: 16 May 2019 06:51 UTC
16 May 2019 12:51 Local
Exposed Population:
About 11000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC usd000a1hw
Inserted at: 16 May 2019 07:35 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
4.6 (India)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
usd000a1hw Scaled population (vector) 3.68  
  C1 earthquake 0.74  
  C2 earthquake -0.08  
  Country Vulnerability -0.39  
  INFORM_normalised 0.94  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1260476 0 16 May 2019 06:51 4.9M, 10km N/A 10 thousand (in 100km) 00:43 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 Laful, Tenlaa, Tafwap, Patua, Heya, and Bananga.

Radius Population
100 km 11000 people
75 km 9200 people
50 km no 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
Phuket Thailand 170000 people
Phangnga Thailand 220000 people
Krabi Thailand 290000 people
Surat Thani Thailand 790000 people
Ranong Thailand 120000 people
Tenasserim Myanmar 1.2 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Laful Andaman and Nicobar Islands India Village - 55 km
Tenlaa Andaman and Nicobar Islands India Village - 62 km
Tafwap Andaman and Nicobar Islands India Village - 63 km
Patua Andaman and Nicobar Islands India Village - 65 km
Heya Andaman and Nicobar Islands India Village - 67 km
Bananga Andaman and Nicobar Islands India Village - 67 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
Little Nicobar Island India 75 km

More information

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