M 4.7 in India on 23 May 2020 09:11 UTC

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: 4.7M
Depth: 74.02 Km
Lat/Lon: 14.0613 , 94.01
Event Date: 23 May 2020 09:11 UTC
23 May 2020 15:11 Local
Exposed Population:
About 2000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us70009p1y
Inserted at: 23 May 2020 09:39 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.1 (India)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us70009p1y Scaled population (vector) 3.03  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1312049 0 23 May 2020 09:11 4.7M, 74.02km N/A 2 thousand (in 100km) 00:27 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 India , Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands (population 295,612) .

Radius Population
100 km 2200 people
75 km 2100 people
50 km no people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Andaman and Nicobar Islands India 300000 people
Irrawaddy Myanmar 6.3 million people
Rangoon Myanmar 5 million people
Arakan State Myanmar 2.6 million people
Pegu Myanmar 4.8 million people
Mon State Myanmar 2.1 million people
Tenasserim Myanmar 1.2 million people
Karen State Myanmar 1.1 million people
Kanchanaburi Thailand 670000 people

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
Coco Island 6 Civ. Paved No 3900 70 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Preparis Island Myanmar 95 km

More information

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