M 5.8 in India on 03 Aug 2021 03:43 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: 9.0376 , 94.1538
Event Date: 03 Aug 2021 03:43 UTC
03 Aug 2021 09:43 Local
Exposed Population: Few people affected in 100km
Source: NEIC us6000f1r6
Inserted at: 04 Aug 2021 02:01 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 1.1 (India)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000f1r6 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
1389169 0 03 Aug 2021 03:43 5.8M, 10km 3.6 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:26 NEIC
1389356 0 03 Aug 2021 03:43 5.8M, 10km 3.75 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 22:17 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 ,of Andaman and Nicobar Islands (population 960) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1389169 9.26/94.171 5.8 10.0 3.596 03 Aug 2021 04:12 00:28 (new episode)
2 0 1389169 9.26/94.171 5.8 10.0 3.596 03 Aug 2021 05:48 02:04 (upd of #1)
3 0 1389356 9.038/94.154 5.8 10.0 3.737 04 Aug 2021 02:03 22:19 (new episode)
4 0 1389356 9.038/94.154 5.8 10.0 3.737 04 Aug 2021 03:47 1d 00:03 (upd of #3)
5 0 1389356 9.019/94.141 5.8 10.0 3.754 05 Aug 2021 00:36 1d 20:52 (upd of #4)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Andaman and Nicobar Islands India <1000 people


Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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