Overall Green Earthquake alert in India on 26 Dec 2004 07:38 UTC

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M 5.8 in India on 26 Dec 2004 07:38 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:	5.8M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	13.12 , 93.05
Event Date:	26 Dec 2004 07:38 UTC 26 Dec 2004 13:08 Local
Exposed Population:	About 87262 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	26 Dec 2004 10:41 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.2		0.2
	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
9070		0.2	26 Dec 2004 07:38	5.8M, 10km	N/A	90 thousand (in 100km)		03:03	NEIC

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* 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) . The nearest places are Diglipur, Ilichar, Karen, Pahlagaon, Betapur, Kartara, Arainj-laka-punga, and Sabari.

Radius	Population
100 km	88000 people
75 km	78000 people
50 km	53000 people
20 km	16000 people
10 km	3600 people
5 km	1500 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	India	300000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Diglipur	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	India	Village	-	19 km
Ilichar	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	India	Village	-	22 km
Karen	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	India	Village	-	30 km
Pahlagaon	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	India	Village	-	34 km
Betapur	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	India	Village	-	43 km
Kartara	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	India	Village	-	51 km
Arainj-laka-punga	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	India	Village	-	65 km
Sabari	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	India	Village	-	68 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Name	Country	Distance
Port Cornwallis	India	28 km
Karen	India	30 km
Middle Andaman Island	India	67 km

More information

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