M 4.8 in Viet Nam on 05 Oct 2025 18:28 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: 4.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 14.8343 , 108.05029999999999
Event Date: 05 Oct 2025 18:28 UTC
06 Oct 2025 01:28 Local
Exposed Population:
10 thousand in MMI&>=V
Source: NEIC us6000reze
Inserted at: 05 Oct 2025 18:46 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 4.2 (Vietnam)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000reze Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

The green area correspond to areas affected by strong shaking (MMI VI or higher) according to the simulation.


Episode Timeline

IDLevelScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1664398 0 05 Oct 2025 18:28 4.8M, 10km 5.6 N/A (in MMI>=VII) N/A 00:18 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.

Rapid Impact

The results presented below are calculated with the ShakeMap open source software (USGS) using only earthquake hypocenter information to provide a rapid estimation of the ground motion and shaking intensity without taking into account any instrumental observations or earthquake source scaling laws.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Viet Nam ,of Kon Tum (population 251,160) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
<1000 people
15000 people

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Kon Tum Viet Nam 29000 people
Kon Tum Viet Nam 240000 people
Quang Nam-Da Nang Viet Nam 9500 people
Quang Ngai Viet Nam no people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Mang Ri Kon Tum Vietnam Village - 4 km
Tatyan Kon Tum Vietnam Village - 12 km
Dak Chat Kon Tum Vietnam Village - 13 km
Kon Honong Kon Tum Vietnam Village - 21 km
Dak Djro Kon Tum Vietnam Village - 25 km
Kon Ko Dô Kon Tum Vietnam Village - 26 km
Kon Hojao Kon Tum Vietnam Village - 30 km
Diên Bình Kon Tum Vietnam Village - 31 km
Chuong Nghig Kon Tum Vietnam Village - 34 km
Trí Dao Kon Tum Vietnam Village - 39 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
Mang Buk 1240 0 15 km
Dak To 2 601 0 35 km
Plateau Gi 1181 0 37 km
Dak Seang 657 0 44 km

Dams

Intensity Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Dakrinh Dakrinh 2008 31 km

More information

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