M 5 in India on 11 Jan 2013 09:10 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: 34.2 Km
Lat/Lon: 13.349 , 92.3832
Event Date: 11 Jan 2013 09:10 UTC
11 Jan 2013 15:10 Local
Exposed Population:
About 68000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC usb000em8m
Inserted at: 11 Jan 2013 09:32 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usb000em8m 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
121900 0.5 11 Jan 2013 09:10 5M, 34.2km N/A 70 thousand (in 100km) 00:21 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) .

Radius Population
100 km 70000 people
75 km 42000 people
50 km <1000 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

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Port Cornwallis India 57 km
Karen India 73 km

More information

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