M 4.5 in Myanmar on 26 May 2018 23:42 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1144245
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 95.32 Km
Lat/Lon: 23.0043 , 94.6075
Event Date: 26 May 2018 23:42 UTC
27 May 2018 06:12 Local
Exposed Population:
1940000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 27 May 2018 00:24 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.4 (Myanmar)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000ecu7 Scaled population (vector) 6.1  
  C1 earthquake 0.89  
  C2 earthquake -0.28  
  Country Vulnerability -0.47  
  INFORM_normalised 1.15  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 8 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Tremors hit Yangon after 4.8 magnitude earthquake offshoreSun, 13 May 2018 08:22:00 +0200.

YANGON — A minor earthquake in the Gulf of Martaban on Tuesday night, near the mouth of the Yangon River, was briefly felt across Myanmar’s commercial capital last night, leading to power outages across the city but no initial reports of da
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Afghanistan: Asia and the Pacific: Weekly Regional Humanitarian Snapsh ... Mon, 07 May 2018 15:16:00 +0200.

MYANMAR. About 6,800 people have been newly displaced in Kachin State since early April when fighting broke out between the Myanmar Army and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA). Clashes have displaced people from locations in 6 different tow
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Myanmar: Asia and the Pacific: Weekly Regional Humanitarian Snapshot ( ... Mon, 07 May 2018 13:11:00 +0200.

MYANMAR. About 6,800 people have been newly displaced in Kachin State since early April when fighting broke out between the Myanmar Army and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA). Clashes have displaced people from locations in 6 different tow
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Myanmar: India funds flood, earthquake warning systemsMon, 07 May 2018 11:35:00 +0200.

Myanmar, May 7 (ANI): India has launched a flood and earthquake early warning systems in Myanmar. The aim is to help the country mitigate the effects of natural calamities. Vikram Misri, India's ambassador to Myanmar, on Friday, inaugurated
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),