M 4.8 in India on 27 Jan 2005 06:08 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: 4.8M
Depth: 30 Km
Lat/Lon: 7.94 , 94.2
Event Date: 27 Jan 2005 06:08 UTC
27 Jan 2005 12:08 Local
Exposed Population:
about 18000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 01 Feb 2005 01:10 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 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
9786 0.5 27 Jan 2005 06:08 4.8M, 30km N/A 20 thousand (in 100km) 4d 19:02 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 17000 people
75 km 3200 people
50 km no people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Country Region Province Population
India Andaman and Nicobar Islands 300000 people

Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Nancowry India 73 km
Little Nicobar Island India 91 km

More information

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