M 4.8 in China on 12 Mar 2016 03:14 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: 4.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 34.9572 , 111.2483
Event Date: 12 Mar 2016 03:14 UTC
12 Mar 2016 11:14 Local
Exposed Population:
14147799 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 12 Mar 2016 03:36 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.2 0.2
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1122050 0.2 12 Mar 2016 03:14 4.8M, 10km N/A 14.1 million (in 100km) 00:21 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 China , Province of Shanxi (population 31,868,720) . The nearest places are Luoyang, Hsia-kuo, Wang-yu-kou, Chang-tien, Wen-chia-chuang, Huang-chia-chuang, Ch'ing-lan, Ta-ch'en, Damiao, Hsien-liang, and Dongguo.

Radius Population
100 km 14.1 million people
75 km 8.5 million people
50 km 3.6 million people
20 km 530000 people
10 km 92000 people
5 km 30000 people
2 km 5900 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Shanxi China 31.9 million people
Henan China 94.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Ch'ing-lan Shanxi China Village - 2 km
Hsia-kuo Shanxi China Village - 4 km
Chang-tien Shanxi China Village - 5 km
Huang-chia-chuang Shanxi China Village - 9 km
Hsia-niu Shanxi China Village - 9 km
Wen-chia-chuang Shanxi China Village - 10 km
Ta-ch'en Shanxi China Village - 10 km
Nan-ts'un Shanxi China Village - 10 km
Wang-yu-kou Shanxi China Village - 13 km
Damiao Shanxi China Village - 13 km
Dongguo Shanxi China Village - 13 km
Hsien-liang Shanxi China Village - 14 km
Luoyang Henan China Major city 1 million people 107 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Yuncheng Northwest 366 30 km
Zhuwu 418 80 km
Yongji 381 82 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Sanmenxia Huang He 1960 16 km

More information

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