Overall Green Earthquake alert in China on 23 Feb 2016 00:33 UTC

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M 5.2 in China on 23 Feb 2016 00:33 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:	5.2M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	32.0762 , 94.9579
Event Date:	23 Feb 2016 00:33 UTC 23 Feb 2016 08:33 Local
Exposed Population:	152674 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	23 Feb 2016 00:57 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.1		0.1
	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
1120294		0.1	23 Feb 2016 00:33	5.2M, 10km	N/A	150 thousand (in 100km)		00:23	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 , Autonomous Region of Xizang (population 2,433,427) . The nearest places are Xangzha, Ka'ngai, Pongda, Chido, Sêndo, Ya-an-to, Yangamdo, Mamta, Surug, Domba, and Padain.

Radius	Population
100 km	110000 people
75 km	61000 people
50 km	24000 people
20 km	5700 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Xizang	China	2.4 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Xangzha	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	13 km
Ka'ngai	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	34 km
Pongda	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	51 km
Chido	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	51 km
Sêndo	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	53 km
Ya-an-to	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	54 km
Yangamdo	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	55 km
Mamta	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	59 km
Surug	Qinghai	China	Village	-	62 km
Domba	Qinghai	China	Village	-	63 km
Su-ti	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	66 km
Sêrca	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	67 km
Tung-pa	Qinghai	China	Village	-	67 km
Gaxung	Qinghai	China	Village	-	67 km
Rongbo	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	67 km
Padain	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	69 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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