Overall Green Earthquake alert in China on 20 Dec 2016 10:04 UTC

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M 5.6 in China on 20 Dec 2016 10:04 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:	5.6M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	37.1573 , 84.9678
Event Date:	20 Dec 2016 10:04 UTC 20 Dec 2016 18:04 Local
Exposed Population:	About 1000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us200082s5
Inserted at:	20 Dec 2016 10:24 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us200082s5	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
1151333		0	20 Dec 2016 10:04	5.6M, 10km	N/A	1 thousand (in 100km)		00:19	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 Korgan, Kang-chi-chuan, K'a-la-mi-lan, Bostan, A-ch'iang, Atqan, Aqqan, and Po-chia-na.

Radius	Population
100 km	1500 people
75 km	<1000 people
50 km	<1000 people
20 km	<1000 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Xinjiang	China	16.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Korgan	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	11 km
Kang-chi-chuan	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	17 km
K'a-la-mi-lan	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	33 km
Bostan	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	35 km
A-ch'iang	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	42 km
Atqan	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	47 km
Aqqan	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	50 km
Po-chia-na	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	59 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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