M 5.6 in Maldives on 17 Mar 2021 00:04 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: -1.8138 , 69.1644
Event Date: 17 Mar 2021 00:04 UTC
17 Mar 2021 05:04 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Source: NEIC us7000dk21
Inserted at: 17 Mar 2021 00:22 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
1.1 (Maldives)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000dk21 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1365396 0 17 Mar 2021 00:04 5.6M, 10km N/A No people affected (in 100km) 00:17 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 Maldives , District of Seenu.

Radius Population
100 km no people
75 km no people
50 km no people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Seenu Maldives -
Gaafu Daalu Maldives -

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

More information

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