M 5.5 in India on 19 Jul 2019 09:22 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: 5.5M
Depth: 16.81 Km
Lat/Lon: 27.7066 , 92.8088
Event Date: 19 Jul 2019 09:22 UTC
19 Jul 2019 14:52 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI VII
610000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us70004nrn
Inserted at: 19 Jul 2019 11:23 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 4.6 (India)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries: Bhutan= 4.6; India= 4.6; China= 3.6

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us70004nrn Scaled population (raster) 1.3  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.94  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1266038 0 19 Jul 2019 09:22 5.5M, 16.81km 6.96 228 (in MMI>=VII) 02:01 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 ,of Arunachal Pradesh (population 14) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
<1000 people
10000 people
26000 people
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1266038 27.707/92.809 5.5 16.8 6.198 19 Jul 2019 09:40 00:17 (new episode)
2 0 1266038 27.707/92.809 5.5 16.8 7.051 19 Jul 2019 09:48 00:26 (upd of #1)
3 0 1266038 27.707/92.809 5.5 16.8 6.758 19 Jul 2019 09:58 00:36 (upd of #2)
4 0 1266038 27.707/92.809 5.5 16.8 6.876 19 Jul 2019 11:23 02:01 (upd of #3)
5 0 1266038 27.707/92.809 5.5 16.8 6.956 20 Jul 2019 09:24 1d 00:02 (upd of #4)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Arunachal Pradesh India <1000 people
Arunachal Pradesh India 9000 people
Arunachal Pradesh India 27000 people
Xizang China <1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Norang Arunachal Pradesh India Village - 22 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

More information

For a full list of available products related to this event, please refer to the GDACS Resources page.