M 5.7 in Nepal on 20 Mar 2020 01:33 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: 5.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 28.6065 , 87.3298
Event Date: 20 Mar 2020 01:33 UTC
20 Mar 2020 09:33 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI VII
140000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us70008cld
Inserted at: 21 Mar 2020 01:36 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 5.9 (China)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries: Nepal= 5.9; China= 3.6

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.2 0.2
us70008cld Scaled population (raster) 0.95  
  C1 shakemap -0.37  
  C2 shakemap 0.76  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.82  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1301423 0 20 Mar 2020 01:33 5.6M, 10km 6.63 less than 100 (in MMI>=VII) 00:31 NEIC
1301443 0.2 20 Mar 2020 01:33 5.7M, 10km 6.73 less than 100 (in MMI>=VII) 1d 00:03 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 China ,of Xizang (population 486) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
<1000 people
4100 people
5900 people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1301423 28.602/87.32 5.6 10.0 6.63 20 Mar 2020 01:55 00:22 (new episode)
2 0 1301423 28.602/87.32 5.6 10.0 6.63 20 Mar 2020 02:04 00:31 (upd of #1)
3 0 1301423 28.602/87.32 5.6 10.0 6.63 20 Mar 2020 02:24 00:51 (upd of #2)
4 0.2 1301443 28.606/87.33 5.7 10.0 6.731 20 Mar 2020 02:36 01:03 (new episode)
5 0.2 1301443 28.606/87.33 5.7 10.0 6.731 20 Mar 2020 03:36 02:03 (upd of #4)
6 0.2 1301443 28.606/87.33 5.7 10.0 6.731 21 Mar 2020 01:36 1d 00:03 (upd of #5)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Xizang China 3800 people
Xizang China 7800 people
Xizang China 14000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Bêbar Xizang (Tibet) China Village - 15 km
Lu-lu Xizang (Tibet) China Village - 17 km
Chukhor Xizang (Tibet) China Village - 34 km
Lo-chun Xizang (Tibet) China Village - 38 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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