M 4.7 in China on 11 Aug 2016 01:01 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: 4.7M
Depth: 31.5 Km
Lat/Lon: 34.4396 , 86.2437
Event Date: 11 Aug 2016 01:01 UTC
11 Aug 2016 09:01 Local
Exposed Population:
About 4786 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us10006ctr
Inserted at: 11 Aug 2016 01:15 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006ctr 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
1136298 0 11 Aug 2016 01:01 4.7M, 31.5km N/A 5 thousand (in 100km) 00:13 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 , Autonomous Region of Xizang (population 2,433,427) . The nearest places are and Maoniupo.

Radius Population
100 km 4800 people
75 km 2500 people
50 km <1000 people
20 km <1000 people
10 km <1000 people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Xizang China 2.4 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Maoniupo Xizang (Tibet) China Village - 14 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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