Overall Green Earthquake alert in Northern Xinjiang, China on 03 Aug 2020 22:30 UTC

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M 4.7 in Northern Xinjiang, China on 03 Aug 2020 22:30 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:	44.0528 , 84.5674
Event Date:	03 Aug 2020 22:30 UTC 04 Aug 2020 06:30 Local
Exposed Population:	840000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us6000b8wj
Inserted at:	03 Aug 2020 22:51 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000b8wj	Scaled population (vector)	5.86
	C1 earthquake	1.39
	C2 earthquake	-0.24
	Country Vulnerability	0.26
	INFORM_normalised	0.82

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1324759		0	03 Aug 2020 22:30	4.7M, 10km	N/A	840 thousand (in 100km)		00:20	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 , Autonomous Region of Xinjiang (population 16,794,560) . The nearest places are Dushanzi, Usu, Pu-erh-ta-shu, Hsi-hu, Si-ga-shu, Kuytun, Gaoquan, Hüyten, Bor Tungge, Mei-yao, and Gurt.

Radius	Population
100 km	840000 people
75 km	470000 people
50 km	300000 people
20 km	<1000 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Xinjiang	China	16.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Dushanzi	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	City	-	38 km
Usu	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	City	-	43 km
Pu-erh-ta-shu	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	44 km
Hsi-hu	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	44 km
Si-ga-shu	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	47 km
Kuytun	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	City	180000 people	49 km
Gaoquan	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	50 km
Hüyten	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	53 km
Bor Tungge	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	63 km
Mei-yao	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	64 km
Tao-chia-ti	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	65 km
Gurt	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	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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