M 4.5 in China on 03 Mar 2015 09:23 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: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 23.4817 , 99.0088
Event Date: 03 Mar 2015 09:23 UTC
03 Mar 2015 17:23 Local
Exposed Population:
1937529 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 03 Mar 2015 10:33 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

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1073021 0 03 Mar 2015 09:23 4.5M, 10km N/A 1.9 million (in 100km) 01:09 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 Yunnan (population 40,970,460) . The nearest places are and Meng-ting.

Radius Population
100 km 1.9 million people
75 km 1.2 million people
50 km 640000 people
20 km 80000 people
10 km 17000 people
5 km 2200 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Yunnan China 41 million people
Shan State Myanmar 3.9 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Meng-ting Yunnan China Village - 10 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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