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 then 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 77) . 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


Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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