M 5.6 in India on 21 Jun 2020 22:40 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: 13.05 Km
Lat/Lon: 23.1226 , 93.2665
Event Date: 21 Jun 2020 22:40 UTC
22 Jun 2020 04:10 Local
Exposed Population: About 14000 people in MMI
1660000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us6000ag4u
Inserted at: 23 Jun 2020 02:33 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 6.4 (India)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries: Myanmar= 6.4; Bangladesh= 5.4; India= 4.6

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000ag4u Scaled population (raster) 1  
  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
1316951 0 21 Jun 2020 22:40 5.8M, 8.88km 6.41 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:15 NEIC
1317123 0 21 Jun 2020 22:40 5.6M, 13.05km 6.48 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 1d 03:52 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 Mizoram (population 1,116) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
14000 people
45000 people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1316951 23.135/93.244 5.8 8.9 6.349 21 Jun 2020 22:56 00:15 (new episode)
2 0 1316951 23.135/93.244 5.8 8.9 6.342 21 Jun 2020 23:03 00:22 (upd of #1)
3 0 1316951 23.135/93.244 5.8 8.9 6.412 22 Jun 2020 00:43 02:02 (upd of #2)
4 0 1317123 23.123/93.266 5.6 13.1 6.469 22 Jun 2020 22:08 23:28 (new episode)
5 0 1317123 23.123/93.266 5.6 13.1 6.469 22 Jun 2020 22:43 1d 00:02 (upd of #4)
6 0 1317123 23.127/93.268 5.6 12.6 6.482 23 Jun 2020 02:33 1d 03:52 (upd of #5)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Mizoram India 15000 people
Chin State Myanmar <1000 people
Mizoram India 31000 people
Chin State Myanmar 14000 people
Mizoram India 71000 people
Chin State Myanmar 23000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Khawbung Mizoram India Village - 7 km
North Vanlaiphai Mizoram India Village 3500 people 21 km
Thingsai Mizoram India Village - 28 km
Thangzang Chin Myanmar Village - 31 km
Khawhai Mizoram India Village 2500 people 31 km
Khuadar Chin Myanmar Village - 35 km
Kaptel Chin Myanmar Village - 35 km
Khawzimpi Chin Myanmar Village - 37 km
Bungtiang Mizoram India Village - 38 km

see full list


Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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