Overall Green Earthquake alert in China on 14 May 2016 03:32 UTC

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M 4.6 in China on 14 May 2016 03:32 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:	4.6M
Depth:	5.72 Km
Lat/Lon:	24.149 , 121.7934
Event Date:	14 May 2016 03:32 UTC 14 May 2016 11:32 Local
Exposed Population:	4298950 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	14 May 2016 03:54 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
1128235		0	14 May 2016 03:32	4.6M, 5.72km	N/A	4.3 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 T'ieh-chia-lung-she, Hsin-ch'eng, Ao-hua, Ta-shan, Hua-lien, Ch'u-yin, Chiu-wu-t'a, Nan-ao, Jung-shu, Lo-shao, and Pan-ch'iao.

Radius	Population
100 km	3.2 million people
75 km	720000 people
50 km	260000 people
20 km	13000 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

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
T'ieh-chia-lung-she	Hua-lien	Taiwan	City	-	16 km
Hsin-ch'eng	Hua-lien	Taiwan	City	-	16 km
Ao-hua	I-lan	Taiwan	Village	-	22 km
Ta-shan	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	24 km
Hua-lien	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Major city	-	28 km
Ch'u-yin	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	35 km
Chiu-wu-t'a	I-lan	Taiwan	Village	-	36 km
Nan-ao	I-lan	Taiwan	City	-	36 km
Jung-shu	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	36 km
Lo-shao	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	36 km
Chi-chia-yang	I-lan	Taiwan	Village	-	38 km
Feng-shan	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	45 km
Kuan-yüan	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	47 km
Shui-lien	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	47 km
Wan-shan-t'ang	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	49 km
Su-ao	I-lan	Taiwan	City	-	50 km
Feng-lin	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	52 km
Mi-lo	Hsin-chu	Taiwan	Village	-	52 km
Chieh-hsiao-ts'un	T'ai-chung	Taiwan	Village	-	55 km
Sung-pai	T'ai-chung	Taiwan	Village	-	55 km
Chia-lu-lan	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	55 km
Chien-fan	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	57 km
Feng-kuang	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	57 km
Tu-chang	I-lan	Taiwan	Village	-	57 km
A-li-shih	I-lan	Taiwan	Village	-	58 km
Ching-kuan	Nan-t'ou	Taiwan	Village	-	59 km
Chia-li-wan	I-lan	Taiwan	Village	-	59 km
Yü-lan	I-lan	Taiwan	Village	-	62 km
Hung-hsiang	T'ai-chung	Taiwan	Village	-	64 km
Sha-lao	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	65 km
Feng-pin	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	67 km
Chieh-shou-t'ing	Nan-t'ou	Taiwan	Village	-	68 km
Chiu-hsiung-lin	I-lan	Taiwan	Village	-	69 km
I-lan	I-lan	Taiwan	Major city	-	69 km
Chung-hu	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	70 km
Pan-ch'iao	T'ai-pei	Taiwan	Major city	-	98 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
Hualien	HUN	16	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9000	23 km
Lishan	LHN	unknown				0	60 km
		9				0	65 km
Sun Moon Lake	SMT	unknown				0	92 km
Lung Tan		241	Civ.	Paved	No	3200	96 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Hualien	TWHUN	Taiwan	25 km
Suao	TWSUO	Taiwan	51 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Guguan	Dajiaxi	1961	79 km
	Shihmen	Tahan	1964	92 km

Nuclear plants

Name	Country	Reactors	Distance
LUNG-MEI	TAIWAN	2	31 km

More information

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