Overall Green Earthquake alert in Nepal on 15 Sep 2020 23:34 UTC

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M 5.3 in Nepal on 15 Sep 2020 23:34 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:	5.3M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	27.8713 , 85.8877
Event Date:	15 Sep 2020 23:34 UTC 16 Sep 2020 05:19 Local
Exposed Population:	5690000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us7000bnsh
Inserted at:	15 Sep 2020 23:52 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	5.9 (Nepal)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries:	Nepal= 5.9; China= 3.6

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000bnsh	Scaled population (vector)	6.72
	C1 earthquake	4.73
	C2 earthquake	-9.39
	Country Vulnerability	0.44
	INFORM_normalised	1.1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1333076		0	15 Sep 2020 23:34	5.3M, 10km	N/A	5.7 million (in 100km)		00:18	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 Nepal , Zone of Bagmati (population 2,425,622) . The nearest places are Barahbise, Gamphathang, Zham, Chautara, Tandi, Charikot, Quxam, Chilankha, Dolalghat, Ch'ung-tui, and Kisipidi.

Radius	Population
100 km	5.7 million people
75 km	4.4 million people
50 km	1.2 million people
20 km	150000 people
10 km	42000 people
5 km	13000 people
2 km	3900 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Bagmati	Nepal	2.4 million people
Xizang	China	2.4 million people
Janakpur	Nepal	2.2 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Barahbise	Bagmati	Nepal	Village	-	9 km
Gamphathang	Bagmati	Nepal	Village	-	12 km
Zham	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	16 km
Chautara	Bagmati	Nepal	Village	-	22 km
Tandi	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	27 km
Charikot	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	27 km
Quxam	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	27 km
Chilankha	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	28 km
Dolalghat	Bagmati	Nepal	Village	-	31 km
Ch'ung-tui	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	32 km
Lomnang	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	32 km
Lamabagar	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	33 km
Pachuwar Ghat	Bagmati	Nepal	Village	-	36 km
Congdü	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	37 km
Malemchigaon	Bagmati	Nepal	Village	-	40 km
Helambu	Bagmati	Nepal	Village	-	41 km
Barabise	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	41 km
Sikpasor Khani	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	42 km
Giri	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	43 km
Banepa	Bagmati	Nepal	Village	17000 people	44 km
Mahankai	Bagmati	Nepal	Village	-	46 km
Beding	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	47 km
Langtang	Bagmati	Nepal	Village	-	49 km
Dumja	Bagmati	Nepal	Village	-	49 km
Zhangdong	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	50 km
Rongxar	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	50 km
Bhaktapur	Bagmati	Nepal	City	76000 people	50 km
Bhandar	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	56 km
Thapagaon	Bagmati	Nepal	Village	-	58 km
Beni Ghat	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	59 km
Doglang	Bagmati	Nepal	Village	-	59 km
Kathmandu	Bagmati	Nepal	Capital	780000 people	59 km
Patan	Bagmati	Nepal	City	-	59 km
Ramechhap	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	64 km
Syaburbensi	Bagmati	Nepal	Village	-	64 km
Chapagaon	Bagmati	Nepal	Village	-	65 km
Sangutar	Janakpur	Nepal	Village	-	66 km
Rasua	Bagmati	Nepal	Village	-	68 km
Kisipidi	Bagmati	Nepal	Village	-	70 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
Jiri	JIR	unknown				0	43 km
Tribhuvan International	KTM	1347	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10000	56 km
Mountain	MWP	unknown				0	56 km
Phaplu	PPL	unknown				0	79 km
Lukla	LUA	unknown				0	86 km
Rumjartar	RUM	unknown				0	91 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Kulekhani	Kulekhani	1982	79 km

More information

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