Earthquake Impact Data for a Magnitude 5.6 Event in India, March 2025

353,925 people were impacted within 50km of a magnitude 5.6 earthquake that occurred on March 05, 2025, 26km north of Myothit, India. WFP’s Automated Disaster Analysis and Mapping (ADAM) system collected and mapped this geospatial and socio-economic information following the sudden onset emergency. The dataset is provided in GeoJSON format under a CC-BY-SA-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Map population exposure to seismic hazards based on the provided epicenter coordinates and impact radius.
• Model potential infrastructure damage for risk assessment based on the earthquake's magnitude and depth.
• Integrate event data into disaster dashboards for situational awareness based on the geospatial format.
• Analyze the correlation between earthquake parameters and affected population estimates for future preparedness.

Strengths

• Includes specific impact metrics, such as 353,925 people affected within a 50km radius.
• Provides precise event parameters including a magnitude of 5.6, depth of 10.0 km, and exact epicenter coordinates (24.7433, 94.4837).
• Originates from an operational humanitarian analysis system (WFP ADAM) designed for emergency response.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality and completeness require manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

WFP Automated Disaster Analysis & Mapping (ADAM)

Collection Method

Collected, analysed and mapped by an operational system following a sudden onset humanitarian emergency.

Time Range

Event date: March 05, 2025.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 21:45:45.031559; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Epicenter 26km N of Myothit, India (latitude 24.7433, longitude 94.4837).