M 4.6 in Myanmar on 28 Oct 2012 11:03 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: 4.6M
Depth: 51.7 Km
Lat/Lon: 21.89 , 95.242
Event Date: 28 Oct 2012 11:03 UTC
28 Oct 2012 17:33 Local
Exposed Population:
6800000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC usb000dfs5
Inserted at: 28 Oct 2012 12:04 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usb000dfs5 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
120530 0.5 28 Oct 2012 11:03 4.6M, 51.7km N/A 6.8 million (in 100km) 01:00 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) . The nearest places are Mandalay, Chaung-u, and Anein.

Radius Population
100 km 6.9 million people
75 km 3.7 million people
50 km 1.9 million people
20 km 290000 people
10 km 90000 people
5 km 17000 people
2 km 4300 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Sagaing Myanmar 4.8 million people
Magwe Myanmar 4.1 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Chaung-u Sagaing Myanmar Village - 8 km
Anein Sagaing Myanmar Village - 10 km
Mandalay Mandalay Myanmar Major city 1.2 million people 88 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
Monywar 91 Civ. Unpaved No 4700 40 km
Pakokku PKK 46 Civ. Unpaved No 4000 63 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Kabo Dam Offstream Mu River n/a 93 km

More information

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