M 4.5 in China on 04 May 2016 07:51 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: 15.15 Km
Lat/Lon: 23.2902 , 103.3727
Event Date: 04 May 2016 07:51 UTC
04 May 2016 15:51 Local
Exposed Population:
4636852 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 04 May 2016 20:48 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

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1127367 0 04 May 2016 07:51 4.5M, 15.15km N/A 4.6 million (in 100km) 12:56 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 Yunnan (population 40,970,460) . The nearest places are Gejiu, Caoba, Mengzi, Guanjiashan, Datun, Chih-ts'un, Yuguopu, Bisezhai, Hsin-an-so, Kafang, and Tou-mu-ko.

Radius Population
100 km 4.6 million people
75 km 3 million people
50 km 1.5 million people
20 km 320000 people
10 km 120000 people
5 km 6200 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Yunnan China 41 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Hsin-an-so Yunnan China Village - 8 km
Mengzi Yunnan China Village - 9 km
Guanjiashan Yunnan China Village - 9 km
Datun Yunnan China Village - 15 km
Chih-ts'un Yunnan China Village - 20 km
Yuguopu Yunnan China Village - 20 km
Bisezhai Yunnan China Village - 20 km
Kafang Yunnan China Village - 21 km
Gejiu Yunnan China City 140000 people 24 km
Caoba Yunnan China Village - 27 km
Tou-mu-ko Yunnan China Village - 27 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
Mengzi 1296 12 km
Pingyuanjie 1490 66 km

More information

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