Overall Green Earthquake alert in China on 26 Mar 2017 23:55 UTC

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M 5 in China on 26 Mar 2017 23:55 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:	5.0M
Depth:	27.37 Km
Lat/Lon:	25.9346 , 99.8328
Event Date:	26 Mar 2017 23:55 UTC 27 Mar 2017 07:55 Local
Exposed Population:	3330000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us20008uw7
Inserted at:	27 Mar 2017 21:51 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.2		0.2
us20008uw7	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

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1161860		0.7	26 Mar 2017 23:55	5M, 28.79km	N/A	3.1 million (in 100km)		00:20	NEIC
1161965		0.2	26 Mar 2017 23:55	5M, 27.37km	N/A	3.3 million (in 100km)		21:56	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 Yunnan (population 40,970,460) . The nearest places are Liantiejie, Fengyuzhen, Qiaohou, Shih-men-chen, Shimenzhen, Eryuan, Yangbi, Changxin, Dengchuan, Chiu-yün-lung, and Laowo.

Radius	Population
100 km	3.1 million people
75 km	1.6 million people
50 km	570000 people
20 km	46000 people
10 km	7500 people
5 km	2200 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Yunnan	China	41 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Liantiejie	Yunnan	China	Village	-	13 km
Fengyuzhen	Yunnan	China	Village	-	23 km
Qiaohou	Yunnan	China	Village	-	23 km
Shih-men-chen	Yunnan	China	Village	-	26 km
Shimenzhen	Yunnan	China	Village	-	33 km
Eryuan	Yunnan	China	Village	-	33 km
Yangbi	Yunnan	China	City	-	34 km
Changxin	Yunnan	China	Village	-	34 km
Dengchuan	Yunnan	China	City	-	37 km
Chiu-yün-lung	Yunnan	China	Village	-	37 km
Taiping	Yunnan	China	Village	-	39 km
Shuanghe	Yunnan	China	Village	-	39 km
Hsia-chieh-hsiang	Yunnan	China	Village	-	39 km
Beidou	Yunnan	China	Village	-	41 km
Misha	Yunnan	China	Village	-	42 km
Baishi	Yunnan	China	Village	-	43 km
Jiancao	Yunnan	China	Village	-	43 km
Hsi-chou	Yunnan	China	Village	-	44 km
Sanying	Yunnan	China	Village	-	46 km
Shaxi	Yunnan	China	Village	-	46 km
Niu-chieh	Yunnan	China	Village	-	48 km
Pingpo	Yunnan	China	Village	-	49 km
Dali	Yunnan	China	City	130000 people	50 km
Yongping	Yunnan	China	City	-	51 km
Wasejie	Yunnan	China	Village	-	52 km
Chung-ho-chen	Yunnan	China	Village	-	52 km
Gongguoqiao	Yunnan	China	Village	-	53 km
Laojie	Yunnan	China	Village	-	54 km
Chiu-ch'eng	Yunnan	China	Village	-	57 km
Beiya	Yunnan	China	Village	-	57 km
Qudong	Yunnan	China	Village	-	59 km
Longtan	Yunnan	China	Village	-	60 km
Ma-teng	Yunnan	China	Village	-	60 km
Xiaguan	Yunnan	China	City	-	61 km
Longjie	Yunnan	China	Village	-	62 km
Diannan	Yunnan	China	Village	-	62 km
Lanping	Yunnan	China	Village	-	63 km
Hsia-kuan	Yunnan	China	Village	-	64 km
Chien-ch'uan	Yunnan	China	Village	-	65 km
Jinding	Yunnan	China	Village	-	66 km
Wayao	Yunnan	China	Village	-	66 km
Ts'ao-chiang	Yunnan	China	Village	-	67 km
Caojian	Yunnan	China	Village	-	67 km
Tu'e	Yunnan	China	Village	-	67 km
Changjie	Yunnan	China	Village	-	68 km
Feng-i	Yunnan	China	Village	-	69 km
Laowo	Yunnan	China	Village	-	70 km

see full list

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
Dali	DLU	2155				0	67 km

Dams

Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Zibihe	Trib. Yangbi Jiang	n/a	36 km
Haixihai	Trib. Yangbi Jiang	n/a	51 km
Beimiao	Dong He	1962	88 km

More information

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