Overall Green Earthquake alert in China on 11 Feb 2014 16:31 UTC

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M 4.5 in China on 11 Feb 2014 16:31 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:	4.5M
Depth:	13.98 Km
Lat/Lon:	25.1 , 121.43
Event Date:	11 Feb 2014 16:31 UTC 12 Feb 2014 00:31 Local
Exposed Population:	10300840 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	12 Feb 2014 06:54 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
	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

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1041391		0	11 Feb 2014 16:31	4.5M, 13.98km	N/A	10.3 million (in 100km)		14:23	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 Taiwan (population 22,456,987) . The nearest places are Lin-kou, Tan-shui, Chi-li, Taipei, Chiang-tzu-p'ing, Chung-fu, Pan-ch'iao, Hsin-chu, Ying-ko, Hsin-tien, and Miao-li.

Radius	Population
100 km	11 million people
75 km	10.7 million people
50 km	9.4 million people
20 km	6.8 million people
10 km	2.1 million people
5 km	350000 people
2 km	39000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Taiwan	China	22.5 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Lin-kou	T'ai-pei	Taiwan	Village	-	5 km
Tan-shui	T'ai-pei Chuan-Shih	Taiwan	City	-	7 km
Chi-li	T'ai-pei Chuan-Shih	Taiwan	Village	-	8 km
Taipei	T'ai-pei Chuan-Shih	Taiwan	Capital	2.5 million people	11 km
Chiang-tzu-p'ing	T'ai-pei Chuan-Shih	Taiwan	Village	-	11 km
Chung-fu	T'ai-pei	Taiwan	Village	-	12 km
Pan-ch'iao	T'ai-pei	Taiwan	Major city	-	13 km
Hsin-chu	T'ao-yuan	Taiwan	Village	-	17 km
Ying-ko	T'ai-pei	Taiwan	Village	-	18 km
Hsin-tien	T'ai-pei Chuan-Shih	Taiwan	City	-	19 km
San-chih	T'ai-pei	Taiwan	City	-	19 km
Tao-yüan	T'ao-yuan	Taiwan	Major city	-	20 km
Chang-shu-wan	T'ai-pei Chuan-Shih	Taiwan	Village	-	21 km
Chin-shan	T'ai-pei	Taiwan	Village	-	25 km
Chung-li	T'ao-yuan	Taiwan	City	-	27 km
Wan-li	T'ai-pei	Taiwan	Village	-	27 km
Chung-k'eng	T'ai-pei	Taiwan	Village	-	28 km
Chang-k'ung-tzu	T'ai-pei	Taiwan	Village	-	28 km
Chi-lung	Chi-lung Shih	Taiwan	City	400000 people	31 km
Ch'ai-ch'iao-k'eng	T'ai-pei	Taiwan	Village	-	31 km
Hsiao-i	T'ai-pei	Taiwan	Village	-	32 km
A-mu-p'ing	T'ao-yuan	Taiwan	Village	-	34 km
Chia-na-mu-chih-she	T'ai-pei	Taiwan	Village	-	36 km
Kuan-yin	T'ao-yuan	Taiwan	Village	-	36 km
Shih-p'o-hsia	T'ao-yuan	Taiwan	Village	-	36 km
Ch'ang-t'an-li	T'ai-pei	Taiwan	Village	-	37 km
Chung-hsin-lun	T'ai-pei	Taiwan	Village	-	39 km
Ch'i-hsia	T'ao-yuan	Taiwan	Village	-	41 km
Chiu-hsiung-lin	I-lan	Taiwan	Village	-	44 km
Ch'ia-la	T'ao-yuan	Taiwan	Village	-	44 km
Shuang-hsi	T'ai-pei	Taiwan	Village	-	45 km
Hsin-le-ts'un	Hsin-chu	Taiwan	Village	-	45 km
Hsin-hu-k'ou	Hsin-chu	Taiwan	Village	-	45 km
Tou-cheng	I-lan	Taiwan	City	-	47 km
Lao-tung	T'ai-pei	Taiwan	Village	-	47 km
I-lan	I-lan	Taiwan	Major city	-	49 km
Yü-lan	I-lan	Taiwan	Village	-	50 km
Nei-wan	Hsin-chu	Taiwan	City	-	52 km
Che-pu	Hsin-chu	Taiwan	Village	-	53 km
A-li-shih	I-lan	Taiwan	Village	-	54 km
Fu-lien	T'ai-pei	Taiwan	Village	-	55 km
Hsiu-luan	Hsin-chu	Taiwan	Village	-	56 km
Chi-yu-tieh	Hsin-chu	Taiwan	Village	-	58 km
Tu-chang	I-lan	Taiwan	Village	-	58 km
Chia-li-wan	I-lan	Taiwan	Village	-	60 km
Hsin-chu	Hsin-chu Shih	Taiwan	Major city	-	63 km
Feng-yüan	Hsin-chu	Taiwan	Village	-	63 km
Chao-jih	Hsin-chu	Taiwan	Village	-	65 km
Ch'ien-tzu-chiao	Hsin-chu Shih	Taiwan	Village	-	67 km
San-wan	Hsin-chu Shih	Taiwan	City	-	69 km
Su-ao	I-lan	Taiwan	City	-	70 km
Miao-li	Miao-li	Taiwan	Major city	-	90 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
Sungshan	TSA	6	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8500	13 km
Taoyuan		45	Mil.	Paved	No	10000	20 km
Chiang Kai Shek International	TPE	33	Civ.	Paved	Yes	12000	20 km
Pa Kuei		141				0	22 km
Highway Strip 58 60		120				0	28 km
Lung Tan		241	Civ.	Paved	No	3200	34 km
Ao Hu Kou		152				0	47 km
		9				0	51 km
Hsinchu	HSZ	8	Civ.	Paved	Yes	12000	59 km
Lishan	LHN	unknown				0	97 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Tan Shui		Taiwan	10 km
Keelung (Chilung)	TWKEL	Taiwan	31 km
Suao	TWSUO	Taiwan	70 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Shihmen	Tahan	1964	37 km
	Mingteh	Houlung	1970	79 km

Nuclear plants

Name	Country	Reactors	Distance
CHIN SHAN	TAIWAN	2	25 km
KUOSHENG	TAIWAN	2	26 km
LUNG-MEI	TAIWAN	2	81 km

More information

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