Overall Red Earthquake alert in Myanmar on 24 Aug 2016 10:34 UTC

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M 7 in Myanmar on 24 Aug 2016 10:34 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:	7.0M
Depth:	91 Km
Lat/Lon:	20.92 , 94.64
Event Date:	24 Aug 2016 10:34 UTC 24 Aug 2016 17:04 Local
Exposed Population:	4066142 people within 100km
Source:	GEOFON gfz2016qpzr
Inserted at:	24 Aug 2016 10:45 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
GEOFON	2.6		2.6
gfz2016qpzr	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

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1137657		2.6	24 Aug 2016 10:34	7M, 91km	N/A	4.1 million (in 100km)		00:10	GEOFON
1137658		2.3	24 Aug 2016 10:34	6.8M, 84.07km	N/A	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:19	NEIC

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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 , Division of Magwe (population 4,104,855) . The nearest places are Tongaung, Kadetkon, Ta-nyaung, Kandwin, Didokpin, Sale, Seikpyu, Myo-o, Dawtha, and Kandaw.

Radius	Population
100 km	4.1 million people
75 km	2.5 million people
50 km	1.1 million people
20 km	180000 people
10 km	38000 people
5 km	6700 people
2 km	1600 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Magwe	Myanmar	4.1 million people
Mandalay	Myanmar	5.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Tongaung	Magway	Myanmar	Village	-	4 km
Kadetkon	Magway	Myanmar	Village	-	7 km
Ta-nyaung	Magway	Myanmar	Village	-	9 km
Kandwin	Magway	Myanmar	Village	-	11 km
Didokpin	Magway	Myanmar	Village	-	14 km
Sale	Magway	Myanmar	Village	-	15 km
Seikpyu	Magway	Myanmar	Village	-	16 km
Myo-o	Magway	Myanmar	Village	-	16 km
Dawtha	Magway	Myanmar	Village	-	18 km
Kandaw	Magway	Myanmar	Village	-	19 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name	IATA Code	Elevation (m)	Usage	Runway type	IFR	Runway Length (ft)	Distance
Lanywa		53	Civ.	Paved	No	4000	19 km
Nyaung U	NYU	91	Civ.	Paved	No	5700	42 km
Pauk	PAU	76	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4000	60 km
Pakokku	PKK	46	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4000	66 km
Kyauktaw	KYT	381	Civ.	Unpaved	No	3700	75 km
Magway	MWQ	84	Civ.	Unpaved	No	4600	92 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Salin	Salin Creek	n/a	38 km
	Manchaung	Mann Creek	n/a	95 km

More information

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