M 5 in India on 18 Oct 2012 02:33 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: 14.8 Km
Lat/Lon: 23.8545 , 81.2943
Event Date: 18 Oct 2012 02:33 UTC
18 Oct 2012 08:03 Local
Exposed Population:
6340000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC usb000d83n
Inserted at: 18 Oct 2012 02:51 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usb000d83n 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
120286 0.5 18 Oct 2012 02:33 5M, 14.8km N/A 6.3 million (in 100km) 00:17 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 Madhya Pradesh (population 70,045,940) . The nearest places are and Ponri.

Radius Population
100 km 6.4 million people
75 km 3.3 million people
50 km 1.1 million people
20 km 200000 people
10 km 52000 people
5 km 13000 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Madhya Pradesh India 70 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Ponri Madhya Pradesh India Village - 5 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
Chorhata 305 72 km
Burhar 456 72 km
Rewa REW unknown 75 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Bansagar Lake Bansagar Dam 2006 37 km

More information

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