M 4.8 in India from 27 Jul 2009 12:08 UTC to 12:08

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: 4.8M
Depth: 24 Km
Lat/Lon: 10.63 , 94.24
Event Date: 27 Jul 2009 12:08 UTC
27 Jul 2009 18:08 Local
Exposed Population:
no people within 100km
Source: GEOFON
Inserted at: 27 Jul 2009 12:26 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
GEOFON 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
62225 0.5 27 Jul 2009 12:08 4.9M, 14km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:13 GEOFON
62226 0.5 27 Jul 2009 12:08 4.8M, 24km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:17 GEOFON
62227 0.5 27 Jul 2009 12:08 4.8M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:28 NEIC
62243 0.5 27 Jul 2009 12:08 4.9M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 02:18 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

Region Province Country Population
Andaman and Nicobar Islands India 300000 people
Tenasserim Myanmar 1.2 million people

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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