M 4.5 in China on 11 Dec 2016 20:16 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: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 21.5579 , 121.0194
Event Date: 11 Dec 2016 20:16 UTC
12 Dec 2016 04:16 Local
Exposed Population:
About 78985 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us20008013
Inserted at: 11 Dec 2016 20:49 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20008013 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
1150217 0 11 Dec 2016 20:16 4.5M, 10km N/A 80 thousand (in 100km) 00:33 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 O-luan-pi, Kenting, Maobitou, Ta-kuang, Hsieh-ma-li, Kuo-ch'i, Heng-chjun, Pa-yao-lu, She-liao, Chiang tzu, and Che-cheng.

Radius Population
100 km 95000 people
75 km 62000 people
50 km 3800 people
20 km no 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
Cagayan Valley Philippines 2.3 million people
Ilocos Philippines 3.6 million people
Cordillera Administrative Region Philippines 1.1 million people
Okinawa Japan 1.2 million people
Fujian China 33.3 million people
Guangdong China 69.6 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
O-luan-pi P'ing-tung Taiwan City - 45 km
Kenting P'ing-tung Taiwan Village - 49 km
Maobitou P'ing-tung Taiwan City - 51 km
Ta-kuang P'ing-tung Taiwan Village - 53 km
Hsieh-ma-li P'ing-tung Taiwan Village - 55 km
Kuo-ch'i P'ing-tung Taiwan Village - 56 km
Heng-chjun P'ing-tung Taiwan City - 58 km
Pa-yao-lu P'ing-tung Taiwan Village - 64 km
She-liao P'ing-tung Taiwan Village - 64 km
Chiang tzu P'ing-tung Taiwan Village - 66 km
Che-cheng P'ing-tung Taiwan Village - 66 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
Hengchun HCN 13 Civ. Paved No 3500 61 km
Orchid Island KYD 10 Civ. Paved No 4500 75 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Lan Yu Island Taiwan 79 km

Nuclear plants

Name Country Reactors Distance
MAANSHAN TAIWAN 2 53 km

More information

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