M 5.6 in Mongolia on 03 May 2021 08:46 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: 5.6M
Depth: 17.73 Km
Lat/Lon: 51.307 , 100.4228
Event Date: 03 May 2021 08:46 UTC
03 May 2021 16:46 Local
Exposed Population: Less than 100 people in MMI VI
About 17000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us7000dznc
Inserted at: 03 May 2021 09:08 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 5.1 (Mongolia)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries: Mongolia= 5.1; Russia= 4.6

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000dznc Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1373352 0 03 May 2021 08:46 5.6M, 17.73km 6.1 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:22 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 Mongolia ,of Hovsgol (population 143) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
<1000 people
<1000 people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1373352 51.307/100.423 5.6 17.7 6.272 03 May 2021 09:13 00:27 (new episode)
2 0 1373352 51.307/100.423 5.6 17.7 6.114 03 May 2021 10:52 02:05 (upd of #1)
3 0 1373352 51.307/100.423 5.6 17.7 6.114 04 May 2021 08:52 1d 00:05 (upd of #2)
4 0 1373352 51.304/100.431 5.6 17.1 6.104 04 May 2021 15:10 1d 06:24 (upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Hovsgol Mongolia <1000 people
Hovsgol Mongolia <1000 people
Hovsgol Mongolia 7300 people
Respublika Buryatiya Russian Federation <1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
T'u-erh-t'u Hövsgöl Mongolia Village - 28 km
Rinchinlhümbe Hövsgöl Mongolia Village - 57 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Intensity Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Hanh 1750 0 32 km

More information

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