Overall Green Earthquake alert in Andaman Islands, India Region on 04 Jul 2022 09:07 UTC

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M 5 in Andaman Islands, India Region on 04 Jul 2022 09:07 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact

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:	5.0M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	10.367 , 94.2653
Event Date:	04 Jul 2022 09:07 UTC 04 Jul 2022 15:07 Local
Exposed Population:
Source:	NEIC us6000hzpu
Inserted at:	04 Jul 2022 15:27 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000hzpu	Scaled population (raster)	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

ID	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1451628	04 Jul 2022 09:07	5.6M, 10km	3.17	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	00:21	NEIC
1451688	04 Jul 2022 09:07	5.1M, 10km	2.6	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	06:16	NEIC
1451690	04 Jul 2022 09:07	5M, 10km	2.47	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	06:20	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 37,469) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1451628	10.322/94.196	5.6	10.0	3.172	04 Jul 2022 09:28	00:21	(new episode)
2	1451688	10.322/94.196	5.6	10.0	3.172	04 Jul 2022 11:11	02:04	(new episode)
3	1451690	10.367/94.265	5.1	10.0	2.6	04 Jul 2022 15:25	06:17	(new episode)
4	1451690	10.367/94.265	5.0	10.0	2.472	04 Jul 2022 15:32	06:25	(upd of #3)
5	1451690	10.367/94.265	5.0	10.0	2.472	05 Jul 2022 09:40	1d 00:33	(upd of #4)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	India	37000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Lopate	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	India	Village	-	206 km
Malacca	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	India	Village	-	207 km
Passa	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	India	Village	-	210 km
Garacherama	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	India	Village	-	218 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
	Car Nicobar	CBD	13	Mil.	Paved	No	7500	209 km

More information

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