M 6.5 in India on 21 Mar 2014 13:41 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1028015
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 7.7686 , 94.3248
Event Date: 21 Mar 2014 13:41 UTC
21 Mar 2014 19:41 Local
Exposed Population:
About 17000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Mar 2014 14:15 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0.1 0.1
Scaled population (vector) n.a Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake n.a Max wave realtime 0.14m  
  C2 earthquake n.a      
  Country Vulnerability n.a      
  INFORM_normalised n.a      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

6.7-magnitude earthquake strikes off India's Nicoma Islands -USGS 3/21/2014 5:51:00 PM.

WASHINGTON, March 21 (Reuters) - A 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck off India's Nicoma Islands on Friday, the U.S. Geological Service reported. The quake hit at a relatively shallow depth of 6.2 miles (10 km) about 68 miles (110 km) southeas
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6.7-magnitude earthquake strikes off India's Nicobar Islands -USGS 3/21/2014 5:51:00 PM.

(Corrects Nicoma to Nicobar) WASHINGTON, March 21 (Reuters) - A 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck off India's Nicobar Islands on Friday, the U.S. Geological Service reported. The quake hit at a relatively shallow depth of 6.2 miles (10 km) ab
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Earthquake Hits Near India's Nicobar Islands 3/21/2014 5:36:00 PM.

A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck near India's Nicobar Islands Friday, according to the country's Meteorological Department.
5.4 Magnitude Quake Strikes Off India's Nicobar Islands 3/21/2014 5:03:00 PM.

A 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of India's remote Nicobar Islands on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The quake struck at 07:11 pm (13:41 GMT) in the coastal w
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (82), (5), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (8), WMO (2), INFORM (4), USGS (2), NOAA (1),