M 5.6 in Andaman Islands, India Region on 22 May 2019 00:39 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters
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: 5.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 13.885 , 92.9467
Event Date: 22 May 2019 00:39 UTC
22 May 2019 06:09 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI V
About 51000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us60003qg7
Inserted at: 22 May 2019 00:59 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 4.6 (India)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us60003qg7 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.94  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1261168 0 22 May 2019 00:39 5.6M, 10km 5.03 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:20 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 673) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
<1000 people
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1261168 13.885/92.947 5.6 10.0 5.031 22 May 2019 01:01 00:21 (new episode)
2 0 1261168 13.885/92.947 5.6 10.0 5.031 22 May 2019 02:42 02:03 (upd of #1)
3 0 1261168 13.885/92.947 5.6 10.0 5.031 23 May 2019 00:42 1d 00:03 (upd of #2)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Andaman and Nicobar Islands India 42000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance

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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
Coco Island 6 Civ. Paved No 3900 54 km

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Country Distance
Port Cornwallis India 62 km

More information

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