M 6.2 in British Indian Ocean Territory on 31 Aug 2020 17:24 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: 6.2M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -4.0692 , 70.2513
Event Date: 31 Aug 2020 17:24 UTC
31 Aug 2020 22:24 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us7000bfbx
Inserted at: 01 Sep 2020 17:27 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.1 (British Indian Ocean Territory)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us7000bfbx Scaled population (raster) 0 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 shakemap -0.59 Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 shakemap 0.53      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 1      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1329473 0 31 Aug 2020 17:24 6.2M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 0m (at 00:00) 1d 00:03 NEIC
1329708 0 31 Aug 2020 17:24 6.1M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 1d 03:25 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 British Indian Ocean Territory , of British Indian Ocean Territory.

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

Region Province Country Population
British Indian Ocean Territory British Indian Ocean Territory -
Seenu Maldives -

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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