M 4.9 in India from 26 Jul 2009 10:58 UTC to 10:58

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: 4.9M
Depth: 20 Km
Lat/Lon: 10.71 , 94.44
Event Date: 26 Jul 2009 10:58 UTC
26 Jul 2009 16:58 Local
Exposed Population:
no people within 100km
Source: EMSC
Inserted at: 26 Jul 2009 17:23 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0.5 0.5
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.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
62060 0.5 26 Jul 2009 10:58 4.6M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 01:13 NEIC
62083 0.5 26 Jul 2009 10:58 4.7M, 20km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 02:38 GEOFON
62132 0.5 26 Jul 2009 10:58 4.9M, 20km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 06:25 EMSC
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

Country Region Province Population
India Andaman and Nicobar Islands 300000 people

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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