Overall Green Earthquake alert in China on 27 Feb 2016 02:59 UTC

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M 4.5 in China on 27 Feb 2016 02:59 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:	13.71 Km
Lat/Lon:	22.3373 , 121.1984
Event Date:	27 Feb 2016 02:59 UTC 27 Feb 2016 10:59 Local
Exposed Population:	3123169 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	27 Feb 2016 03:21 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
1120709		0	27 Feb 2016 02:59	4.5M, 13.71km	N/A	3.1 million (in 100km)		00:21	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 Hsia-ta-chi, Ta-niao, Chin-lun, Ta-wu, Shang-fan, Tai-ma, Hsu-hai, Cho-chia-la, Chiang tzu, Chieh-ta-ts'un, and Kao-hsiung.

Radius	Population
100 km	3.2 million people
75 km	540000 people
50 km	130000 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Taiwan	China	22.5 million people
Cagayan Valley	Philippines	2.3 million people
Okinawa	Japan	1.2 million people
Fujian	China	33.3 million people
Ilocos	Philippines	3.6 million people
Cordillera Administrative Region	Philippines	1.1 million people
Guangdong	China	69.6 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Hsia-ta-chi	T'ai-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	31 km
Ta-niao	T'ai-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	32 km
Chin-lun	T'ai-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	33 km
Ta-wu	T'ai-tung	Taiwan	City	-	35 km
Shang-fan	T'ai-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	36 km
Tai-ma	T'ai-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	37 km
Hsu-hai	P'ing-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	37 km
Cho-chia-la	T'ai-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	39 km
Chiang tzu	P'ing-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	40 km
Chieh-ta-ts'un	T'ai-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	44 km
I-la-la-la-k'ou	T'ai-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	44 km
Chien-ho	T'ai-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	44 km
Yeh-yu	T'ai-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	45 km
Hai-shen-p'ing	T'ai-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	46 km
Mu-tan	P'ing-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	46 km
Nan-liao	T'ai-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	46 km
Pa-yao-lu	P'ing-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	46 km
Tai-tung	T'ai-tung	Taiwan	City	-	47 km
K'o-la-p'a-yang	T'ai-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	49 km
Hung-t'on	T'ai-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	50 km
Chia-hsin	P'ing-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	50 km
Nei-wen	P'ing-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	50 km
Chi-hsing	T'ai-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	51 km
Ta-nan	T'ai-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	51 km
Kuo-ch'i	P'ing-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	51 km
Ku-lou	P'ing-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	53 km
Li-chi-li-chi-she	P'ing-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	53 km
La-chia	T'ai-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	54 km
Hsieh-ma-li	P'ing-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	55 km
Feng-chiang	P'ing-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	56 km
Fang-shan	P'ing-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	57 km
O-luan-pi	P'ing-tung	Taiwan	City	-	59 km
Che-cheng	P'ing-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	59 km
Ch'u-lu	T'ai-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	59 km
Chia-ho-ts'un	P'ing-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	59 km
She-liao	P'ing-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	60 km
Kenting	P'ing-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	60 km
Heng-chjun	P'ing-tung	Taiwan	City	-	60 km
Chia-p'ing	P'ing-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	60 km
Hsin-ch'ang-ts'un	T'ai-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	62 km
Shui-ti-liao	P'ing-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	63 km
Shih-t'ou	P'ing-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	64 km
Ta-kuang	P'ing-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	65 km
Ch'ü-nu	P'ing-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	65 km
T'ao-lin	T'ai-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	66 km
Yung-kang	T'ai-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	66 km
Maobitou	P'ing-tung	Taiwan	City	-	67 km
Hsin-p'i	P'ing-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	69 km
Ping-tung	P'ing-tung	Taiwan	Major city	-	83 km
Feng-shan	Kao-hsiung	Taiwan	Major city	-	93 km
Kao-hsiung	Kao-hsiung Chuen-shih	Taiwan	Major city	-	100 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
Green Island	GNI	8	Civ.	Paved	No	3300	46 km
Feng Nin		42	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7900	47 km
Orchid Island	KYD	10	Civ.	Paved	No	4500	49 km
Taitung	TTT	37	Mil.	Paved	No	11000	50 km
Hengchun	HCN	13	Civ.	Paved	No	3500	58 km
Pingtung North		29	Mil.	Paved	No	8000	84 km
Pingtung South		24	Mil.	Paved	Yes	7800	84 km
Kaohsiung International	KHH	9	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10300	91 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Tai Tung		Taiwan	47 km
Lan Yu Island		Taiwan	49 km

Nuclear plants

Name	Country	Reactors	Distance
MAANSHAN	TAIWAN	2	62 km

More information

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