Overall Green Earthquake alert in China on 21 Mar 2016 14:06 UTC

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M 4.9 in China on 21 Mar 2016 14:06 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:	4.9M
Depth:	14.57 Km
Lat/Lon:	35.7205 , 99.2249
Event Date:	21 Mar 2016 14:06 UTC 21 Mar 2016 22:06 Local
Exposed Population:	142305 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	21 Mar 2016 14:42 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
1122972		0	21 Mar 2016 14:06	4.9M, 14.57km	N/A	140 thousand (in 100km)		00:35	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 Qinghai (population 4,938,862) . The nearest places are Kou-li, Wen-ch'ï¿½an, Bag Belqer, Hsiao-tung-liang, Wenquan, Ho-ka, Miancaowan, Alhla, Chubxi, and Daheba.

Radius	Population
100 km	140000 people
75 km	55000 people
50 km	<1000 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Qinghai	China	4.9 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Hsiao-tung-liang	Qinghai	China	Village	-	18 km
Alhla	Qinghai	China	Village	-	31 km
Wen-ch'ï¿½an	Qinghai	China	Village	-	35 km
Wenquan	Qinghai	China	Village	-	40 km
Daheba	Qinghai	China	Village	-	45 km
Ho-ka	Qinghai	China	Village	-	59 km
Miancaowan	Qinghai	China	Village	-	59 km
Chubxi	Qinghai	China	Village	-	62 km
Bag Belqer	Qinghai	China	Village	-	64 km
Kou-li	Qinghai	China	Village	-	68 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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