M 8.5 Earthquake and Tsunami (7.7 m) in India on 02 Jul 2015 00:00 UTC
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EQ parameters
Shakemap

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a high humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude: 8.5M
Depth: 20 Km
Lat/Lon: 8.7713 , 93.1601
Event Date: 02 Jul 2015 00:00 UTC
02 Jul 2015 06:00 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Source: SIMULATION
Inserted at: 25 Jun 2015 08:06 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
SIMULATION 3 3
Scaled population (vector) n.a Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake n.a Max wave realtime 7.67m  
  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
1085746 3 02 Jul 2015 00:00 8.5M, 20km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 7.7m (at 00:38) -15:-53 SIMULATION
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 no people
75 km no people
50 km no 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.

Airports

Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Car Nicobar CBD 13 Mil. Paved No 7500 57 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Nancowry India 93 km

More information

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