Overall Green Earthquake alert in China on 17 May 2016 16:48 UTC

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M 4.9 in China on 17 May 2016 16:48 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:	54.76 Km
Lat/Lon:	26.0579 , 99.6094
Event Date:	17 May 2016 16:48 UTC 18 May 2016 00:48 Local
Exposed Population:	3206627 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	17 May 2016 17:12 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.2		0.2
	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
1128527		0.2	17 May 2016 16:48	4.9M, 54.76km	N/A	3.2 million (in 100km)		00:23	NEIC

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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 Baishi, Shih-men-chen, Liantiejie, Shimenzhen, Misha, Jiancao, Qiaohou, and Changxin.

Radius	Population
100 km	3.2 million people
75 km	1.7 million people
50 km	680000 people
20 km	46000 people
10 km	6200 people
5 km	4100 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
Qiaohou	Yunnan	China	Village	-	17 km
Changxin	Yunnan	China	Village	-	19 km
Liantiejie	Yunnan	China	Village	-	21 km
Baishi	Yunnan	China	Village	-	24 km
Misha	Yunnan	China	Village	-	27 km
Jiancao	Yunnan	China	Village	-	28 km
Shih-men-chen	Yunnan	China	Village	-	29 km
Shimenzhen	Yunnan	China	Village	-	29 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
Dali	DLU	2155					84 km
Lijiang		2243					94 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Zibihe	Trib. Yangbi Jiang	n/a	36 km

More information

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