Overall Red Earthquake alert in Myanmar on 13 Apr 2016 13:55 UTC

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M 6.9 in Myanmar on 13 Apr 2016 13:55 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters

Shakemap

Tsunami

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:	6.9M
Depth:	134.76 Km
Lat/Lon:	23.1329 , 94.8995
Event Date:	13 Apr 2016 13:55 UTC 13 Apr 2016 20:25 Local
Exposed Population:	2100000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	13 Apr 2016 14:18 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	2.2		2.2
	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.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1125104		2.4	13 Apr 2016 13:55	7M, 120km	N/A	2.4 million (in 100km)		00:06	GEOFON
1125106		2.2	13 Apr 2016 13:55	6.9M, 134.76km	5.9	2.1 million (in 100km)		00:22	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 ,of Sagaing (population 576,945) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population
	580000 people
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1125106	23.133/94.9	6.9	134.76	5.9	17 Oct 2016 11:10	186d 21:15	(new episode)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Sagaing	Myanmar	580000 people
	Sagaing	Myanmar	no people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Chaungzon	Sagaing	Myanmar	Village	-	26 km
Kinbin	Sagaing	Myanmar	Village	-	27 km
Sabade	Sagaing	Myanmar	Village	-	30 km
Kabaunggya	Sagaing	Myanmar	Village	-	39 km
Palinget	Sagaing	Myanmar	Village	-	40 km
Kaduma	Sagaing	Myanmar	Village	-	40 km
Poktaw	Sagaing	Myanmar	Village	-	48 km
Ingyinbin	Sagaing	Myanmar	Village	-	50 km
Ywathit	Sagaing	Myanmar	Village	-	53 km
Nagadwin	Sagaing	Myanmar	Village	-	58 km
Ye-u	Sagaing	Myanmar	Village	-	68 km

see full list

Critical infrastructure

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

Dams

Intensity	Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
		Kintat	Mu	1997	49 km

More information

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