M 5.4 in Myanmar on 31 Aug 2019 15:09 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 1187999
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.4M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 22.72 , 95.5176
Event Date: 31 Aug 2019 15:09 UTC
31 Aug 2019 21:39 Local
Exposed Population:
4320000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 02 Sep 2019 15:55 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.4 (Myanmar)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.7 0.7
us70005alm Scaled population (vector) 6.78  
  C1 earthquake 0.89  
  C2 earthquake -0.28  
  Country Vulnerability -0.47  
  INFORM_normalised 1.15  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 36 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Shwebo quake rattles Kuthodaw stupasTue, 03 Sep 2019 07:31:00 +0200.

Cracks have appeared on eight stupas in the compound of the Kuthodaw Pagoda in Mandalay after the 6-magnitude earthquake at 9:39 pm on 31 August. The earthquake’s epicentre was 14 miles northwest of Shwebo and caused cracks on stupas No. 21
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Dy SWRR Minister inspects quake-hit Shwebo DistrictTue, 03 Sep 2019 07:00:00 +0200.

The Secretary of the National Disaster Management Committee and Deputy Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement U Soe Aung visited areas affected by the recent earthquake in Shwebo District, Sagaing Region, yesterday. The Deputy
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Earthquake jolts Myanmar, no casualties reportedTue, 03 Sep 2019 05:13:00 +0200.

Trade has many faces: One is China’s Vote of Confidence on western companies 2nd Test: India beat Windies by 257 runs; sweep series 2-0 2nd Test: India beat Windies by 257 runs; sweep series 2-0 At Least 8 People Killed, 26 Missing After Di
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Act of God and Vis MajorMon, 02 Sep 2019 22:36:00 +0200.

U Mya Thein. BA; B.L Under section 56 of the Contract Act (Indian Act IX of 1872) an agreement to do an act impossible in itself is void. A contract to do an act which, after the contract is made, becomes impossible, or, by reason of some e
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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),