M 6.4 in China on 03 Jul 2015 01:07 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: 6.4M
Depth: 20 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.4604 , 78.1251
Event Date: 03 Jul 2015 01:07 UTC
03 Jul 2015 09:07 Local
Exposed Population: 360000 people in MMI
880000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us10002n4w
Inserted at: 03 Jul 2015 02:06 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.8 0.8
us10002n4w 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
1086708 0.7 03 Jul 2015 01:07 6.1M, 10km N/A 880 thousand (in 100km) 00:19 NEIC
1086716 0.8 03 Jul 2015 01:07 6.4M, 20km 6.69 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:58 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 and Ho-shih-t'a-ko-pa-cha.

Radius Population
100 km 880000 people
75 km 460000 people
50 km 290000 people
20 km 55000 people
10 km 6400 people
5 km 2700 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Xinjiang China 16.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Ho-shih-t'a-ko-pa-cha Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 12 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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