Overall Green Earthquake alert in China on 12 Jul 2017 10:42 UTC

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M 4.7 in China on 12 Jul 2017 10:42 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:	4.7M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	37.7486 , 101.4723
Event Date:	12 Jul 2017 10:42 UTC 12 Jul 2017 18:42 Local
Exposed Population:	860000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us1000993d
Inserted at:	12 Jul 2017 11:27 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us1000993d	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1173510		0	12 Jul 2017 10:42	4.7M, 10km	N/A	870 thousand (in 100km)		00:44	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 Gansu (population 24,790,140) . The nearest places are Panpo, Dolon, Teme, Huangcheng, Daliang, Qingshizui, Menyuan Huizu Zizhixian, Da-tan, Honggou, Ebo, and Muri.

Radius	Population
100 km	870000 people
75 km	310000 people
50 km	140000 people
20 km	3600 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Gansu	China	24.8 million people
Qinghai	China	4.9 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Panpo	Qinghai	China	Village	-	18 km
Dolon	Qinghai	China	Village	-	25 km
Teme	Qinghai	China	Village	-	27 km
Huangcheng	Gansu	China	Village	-	29 km
Daliang	Gansu	China	Village	-	30 km
Qingshizui	Qinghai	China	Village	-	32 km
Menyuan Huizu Zizhixian	Qinghai	China	Village	-	33 km
Da-tan	Qinghai	China	Village	-	35 km
Honggou	Qinghai	China	Village	-	42 km
Ebo	Gansu	China	Village	-	43 km
Haomen	Qinghai	China	City	-	44 km
Beydatun	Qinghai	China	Village	-	45 km
Hsin-ch'eng	Gansu	China	Village	-	49 km
Dongchuan	Qinghai	China	Village	-	52 km
O-po	Qinghai	China	Village	-	53 km
Chiu-t'iao-ting	Gansu	China	Village	-	55 km
Hongshanyao	Gansu	China	Village	-	62 km
Mu-li	Qinghai	China	Village	-	64 km
Shuimoguan	Gansu	China	Village	-	66 km
Sêmnyi	Qinghai	China	Village	-	66 km
Ch'i-lien	Gansu	China	Village	-	66 km
Tawan	Qinghai	China	Village	-	67 km
Muri	Qinghai	China	Village	-	68 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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