M 4.8 in Myanmar on 14 Jun 2020 05:35 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 1222180
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 64.24 Km
Lat/Lon: 23.3074 , 93.8138
Event Date: 14 Jun 2020 05:35 UTC
14 Jun 2020 12:05 Local
Exposed Population:
1280000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 14 Jun 2020 06:00 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.4 (Myanmar)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Myanmar= 6.4; India= 4.6

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000abkd Scaled population (vector) 6.23  
  C1 earthquake 0.89  
  C2 earthquake -0.28  
  Country Vulnerability -0.47  
  INFORM_normalised 1.15  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 4 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Mass Rapid Transport (MRT)Sat, 13 Jun 2020 02:44:00 +0200.

Developed and developing countries have implemented Mass Rapid Transport systems, which can be abbreviated as Ma-Hta-Tha in Myanmar language. An effective transport system can help take a large number of people to any destination in a short
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Coral reefs rise off Rakhines Manaung island - The Myanmar TimesSun, 31 May 2020 20:40:00 +0200.

U Myo Thant, deputy committee chair, said tsunamis result from earthquakes under the ocean but the emergence of coral reefs is due to other causes. "The rise of coral reefs may be related to tides,” he said. “It could also be due to the col
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Sanchaung building collapseSun, 31 May 2020 16:32:00 +0200.

No deaths or series injuries were recorded, according to the regional Hluttaw MP from Sanchaung U Aung Myo. “A man and woman from the building are being treated for shock, but there were no other injuries,” U Lwin Maung, head of the Yangon
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Coral reefs rise off Rakhine’s Manaung islandFri, 29 May 2020 09:01:00 +0200.

U Myo Thant, deputy committee chair, said tsunamis result from earthquakes under the ocean but the emergence of coral reefs is due to other causes. "The rise of coral reefs may be related to tides,” he said. “It could also be due to the col
...(more)

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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 (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),