M 4.7 in China on 20 Feb 2018 14:09 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: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 24.4672 , 100.8375
Event Date: 20 Feb 2018 14:09 UTC
20 Feb 2018 22:09 Local
Exposed Population:
2780000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us2000d5bt
Inserted at: 20 Feb 2018 15:03 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000d5bt Scaled population (vector) 6.46  
  C1 earthquake 1.39  
  C2 earthquake -0.24  
  Country Vulnerability 0.26  
  INFORM_normalised 0.82  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1199886 0 20 Feb 2018 14:09 4.7M, 10km N/A 2.8 million (in 100km) 00:53 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 Jingdong, Ching-tung, Xiaolongjie, Ta-chieh, Dajie, Longjie, Wen-ching, Lin-chieh, Li-wei, Xishelu, and An-pan-chen.

Radius Population
100 km 2.8 million people
75 km 1.3 million people
50 km 450000 people
20 km 180000 people
10 km 96000 people
5 km 80000 people
2 km 35000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Yunnan China 41 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Jingdong Yunnan China City - 3 km
Ching-tung Yunnan China Village - 6 km
Xiaolongjie Yunnan China Village - 13 km
Ta-chieh Yunnan China Village - 22 km
Dajie Yunnan China Village - 23 km
Longjie Yunnan China Village - 24 km
Wen-ching Yunnan China Village - 25 km
Lin-chieh Yunnan China Village - 26 km
Li-wei Yunnan China Village - 29 km
Xishelu Yunnan China Village - 32 km
Baodian Yunnan China Village - 33 km
Manghuai Yunnan China Village - 34 km
Shujie Yunnan China Village - 38 km
An-le-chieh Yunnan China Village - 41 km
Zhehou Yunnan China Village - 41 km
Daduo Yunnan China Village - 41 km
Mengtong Yunnan China Village - 46 km
Lishu Yunnan China Village - 47 km
Ejia Yunnan China Village - 50 km
Niujie Yunnan China Village - 51 km
Meng-keng Yunnan China Village - 52 km
Hu-chieh Yunnan China Village - 54 km
Yongbao Yunnan China Village - 54 km
Zhongyishe Yunnan China Village - 55 km
Daguokou Yunnan China Village - 57 km
Shu-chieh Yunnan China Village - 57 km
Xinjie Yunnan China Village - 59 km
Zhelong Yunnan China Village - 60 km
Maolan Yunnan China Village - 60 km
Hongtupo Yunnan China Village - 61 km
Enle Yunnan China Village - 61 km
Zimajie Yunnan China Village - 62 km
San-chieh Yunnan China Village - 62 km
Shao-chieh Yunnan China Village - 62 km
Gonglang Yunnan China Village - 67 km
Chen-yüan Yunnan China City - 69 km
An-pan-chen Yunnan China Village - 70 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Manwan Lancang Jiang n/a 43 km

More information

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