Overall Green Earthquake alert in China on 23 Mar 2016 17:55 UTC

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M 4.5 in China on 23 Mar 2016 17:55 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:	29.6287 , 102.3194
Event Date:	23 Mar 2016 17:55 UTC 24 Mar 2016 01:55 Local
Exposed Population:	2780170 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	23 Mar 2016 18:30 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
1123166		0	23 Mar 2016 17:55	4.5M, 10km	N/A	2.8 million (in 100km)		00:34	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 Sichuan (population 118,811,800) . The nearest places are Fulin, Te-t'o, Han-yuan-chieh, Jiuxiangzhen, Anshunchang, Luding, Yidong, Moxi, Detuo, Leng-ch'i, and Menghugang.

Radius	Population
100 km	2.8 million people
75 km	1.4 million people
50 km	680000 people
20 km	110000 people
10 km	4200 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Sichuan	China	118.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Te-t'o	Sichuan	China	Village	-	11 km
Yidong	Sichuan	China	Village	-	14 km
Detuo	Sichuan	China	Village	-	14 km
Moxi	Sichuan	China	Village	-	20 km
Leng-ch'i	Sichuan	China	Village	-	25 km
Menghugang	Sichuan	China	Village	-	26 km
Han-yuan-chieh	Sichuan	China	City	-	30 km
Jiuxiangzhen	Sichuan	China	Village	-	33 km
Anshunchang	Sichuan	China	Village	-	33 km
Luding	Sichuan	China	City	-	33 km
Fulin	Sichuan	China	Major city	1 million people	49 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Zonggangshan	Trib. Qingyi Jiang	n/a	95 km

More information

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