M 4.8 in Myanmar on 11 Sep 2012 11:09 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: 4.8M
Depth: 42.2 Km
Lat/Lon: 23.8377 , 94.3781
Event Date: 11 Sep 2012 11:09 UTC
11 Sep 2012 17:39 Local
Exposed Population:
1460000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC usc000cl4r
Inserted at: 11 Sep 2012 11:36 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usc000cl4r Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
119539 0.5 11 Sep 2012 11:09 4.8M, 42.2km N/A 1.5 million (in 100km) 00:26 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 Myanmar , Division of Sagaing (population 4,799,735) .

Radius Population
100 km 1.5 million people
75 km 440000 people
50 km 160000 people
20 km 29000 people
10 km <1000 people
5 km <1000 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Country Region Province Population
Myanmar Sagaing 4.8 million people
India Manipur 1.9 million people
Myanmar Chin State 470000 people
India Mizoram 730000 people

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
Kalemyo KMV 152 Civ. Paved No 5500 81 km

More information

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