M 4.9 in China on 22 May 2016 02:06 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: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 22.8578 , 120.5113
Event Date: 22 May 2016 02:06 UTC
22 May 2016 10:06 Local
Exposed Population:
7385498 people within 100km
Source: NEIC
Inserted at: 22 May 2016 02:30 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

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1128979 0.2 22 May 2016 02:06 4.9M, 10km N/A 7.4 million (in 100km) 00:23 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 Chang-hua, Tai-nan, Ma-kung, Kao-hsiung, Ping-tung, Tou-liu, Tai-chung, Nan-tou, Hsin-ying, Feng-shan, and Chi-shan.

Radius Population
100 km 7.4 million people
75 km 6.4 million people
50 km 5.3 million people
20 km 440000 people
10 km 130000 people
5 km 54000 people
2 km 5200 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Taiwan China 22.5 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Mei-nung Kao-hsiung Taiwan Village - 5 km
Chi-shan Kao-hsiung Taiwan City - 5 km
Kuo-chiang-tzu P'ing-tung Taiwan Village - 9 km
Ch'ang-jung-ts'un P'ing-tung Taiwan Village - 9 km
Shao-t'an-k'eng Kao-hsiung Taiwan Village - 10 km
Hsiao-wu-shan Kao-hsiung Taiwan Village - 11 km
Ta-p'ing-ting P'ing-tung Taiwan Village - 12 km
Chia-jui-pu P'ing-tung Taiwan Village - 12 km
Hsin-liao Kao-hsiung Taiwan Village - 13 km
Tung-ning P'ing-tung Taiwan Village - 14 km
Ping-tung P'ing-tung Taiwan Major city - 21 km
Feng-shan Kao-hsiung Taiwan Major city - 30 km
Tai-nan T'ai-nan Shih Taiwan Major city - 36 km
Kao-hsiung Kao-hsiung Chuen-shih Taiwan Major city - 36 km
Hsin-ying T'ai-nan Taiwan Major city - 52 km
Tou-liu Yun-lin Taiwan Major city - 92 km
Nan-tou Nan-t'ou Taiwan Major city - 118 km
Ma-kung P'eng-hu Taiwan Major city - 123 km
Chang-hua Chang-hua Taiwan Major city - 135 km
Tai-chung T'ai-chung Shih Taiwan Major city - 143 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
Pingtung North 29 Mil. Paved No 8000 18 km
Pingtung South 24 Mil. Paved Yes 7800 21 km
Kangshan 10 Mil. Paved No 7500 27 km
Highway Strip 331 334 11 27 km
Kuei Jen 30 27 km
Tso Ying 9 29 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Tai Nan Taiwan 27 km
Kaohsiung TWKHH Taiwan 38 km
An Ping Chiang Taiwan 40 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Wushantou Offstream Kuantien 1930 41 km
Tsengwen Tsengwen 1973 43 km

More information

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