Overall Green Earthquake alert in China on 19 Dec 2016 10:57 UTC

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M 4.7 in China on 19 Dec 2016 10:57 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:	61.82 Km
Lat/Lon:	39.3878 , 73.9595
Event Date:	19 Dec 2016 10:57 UTC 19 Dec 2016 18:57 Local
Exposed Population:	About 50427 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us200082jb
Inserted at:	19 Dec 2016 11:25 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us200082jb	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
1151216		0	19 Dec 2016 10:57	4.7M, 61.82km	N/A	50 thousand (in 100km)		00:27	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 Xinjiang (population 16,794,560) . The nearest places are Koktal, Nura, Irkeshtam, Ikazak, Ullug-tshat, Karakul', Markansu, Muji, Ulugqat, Mo-chi, and Ta-erh-ka-la-k'o.

Radius	Population
100 km	50000 people
75 km	23000 people
50 km	5600 people
20 km	<1000 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Xinjiang	China	16.8 million people
Osh	Kyrgyzstan	2.1 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Koktal	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	18 km
Nura	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	28 km
Irkeshtam	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	33 km
Ikazak	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	41 km
Ullug-tshat	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	52 km
Karakul'	Kuhistoni Badakhshon	Tajikistan	Village	-	54 km
Markansu	Kuhistoni Badakhshon	Tajikistan	Village	-	55 km
Muji	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	56 km
Ulugqat	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	57 km
Mo-chi	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	60 km
Bordaba	Osh	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	61 km
Ta-erh-ka-la-k'o	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	68 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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