Overall Green Earthquake alert in Myanmar on 31 May 2023 11:20 UTC

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M 5.8 in Myanmar on 31 May 2023 11:20 UTC

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

GDACS ID	EQ 1376465
Earthquake Magnitude:	5.8M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	25.1168 , 96.1871
Event Date:	31 May 2023 11:20 UTC 31 May 2023 17:50 Local
Exposed Population:	8 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at:	31 May 2023 11:38 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:	6.4 (Myanmar)

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	1.3		0
us7000k58h	Scaled population (raster)	2.94
	C1 shakemap	-0.59
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1.15

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Myanmar - Earthquake (ECHO 01 Jun 2023)Thu, 01 Jun 2023 08:35

An earthquake of 5.8 M at a depth of 10 km occurred in south-western Kachin State in northern Myanmar on 31 May at 11.20 UTC (17.50 local time). The epicentre was located approximately 10 km west of the Indawgyi Natural Lake and 125 km west-southwest of Myitkyina city in Kachin State.
USGS PAGER estimates that 9,000 people were exposed to very strong shaking and 30,000 to strong shaking.
According to media, the seismic event caused damage to some buildings in the Mohnyin township of Kachin State, there were no reports of any casualties.

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