M 4.6 in China on 19 Jan 2017 03:42 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: 4.6M
Depth: Km
Lat/Lon: 21.6263 , 120.0873
Event Date: 19 Jan 2017 03:42 UTC
19 Jan 2017 11:42 Local
Exposed Population:
About 87000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us10007u1j
Inserted at: 19 Jan 2017 04:18 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007u1j Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1154500 0 19 Jan 2017 03:42 4.6M, 38.12km N/A 90 thousand (in 100km) 00:35 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) .

Radius Population
100 km 120000 people
75 km 2100 people
50 km no 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
Fujian China 33.3 million people
Guangdong China 69.6 million people
Cordillera Administrative Region Philippines 1.1 million people
Okinawa Japan 1.2 million people

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 81 km

Nuclear plants

Name Country Reactors Distance
MAANSHAN TAIWAN 2 78 km

More information

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