M 5 in China on 12 Aug 2018 17:44 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: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 24.3216 , 102.9407
Event Date: 12 Aug 2018 17:44 UTC
13 Aug 2018 01:44 Local
Exposed Population:
9220000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us1000g7al
Inserted at: 12 Aug 2018 18:01 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.6 0.6
us1000g7al Scaled population (vector) 6.88  
  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
1223669 0.6 12 Aug 2018 17:44 5M, 10km N/A 9.2 million (in 100km) 00:16 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 Qinglong, Huaning, P'an-ch'i, Chengjiao, Chiang-ch'uan, Chiang-ch'eng, Kao-po, Hsi-erh, Panxi, No-tsu, and Kunming.

Radius Population
100 km 9.2 million people
75 km 3.8 million people
50 km 1.9 million people
20 km 290000 people
10 km 27000 people
5 km 3400 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
Qinglong Yunnan China Village - 10 km
Huaning Yunnan China Village - 11 km
P'an-ch'i Yunnan China Village - 14 km
Chengjiao Yunnan China Village - 14 km
Chiang-ch'uan Yunnan China Village - 15 km
Chiang-ch'eng Yunnan China Village - 19 km
Kao-po Yunnan China Village - 19 km
Hsi-erh Yunnan China Village - 19 km
Panxi Yunnan China Village - 21 km
No-tsu Yunnan China Village - 24 km
Yangguang Yunnan China Village - 24 km
Huaxi Yunnan China Village - 27 km
Tonghai Yunnan China Village - 30 km
Hsü-chia-tu Yunnan China Village - 34 km
Hexi Yunnan China Village - 36 km
Ch'eng-chiang Yunnan China Village - 38 km
Beicheng Yunnan China Village - 38 km
Hsin-hsing Yunnan China Village - 39 km
Lalihei Yunnan China Village - 40 km
Youzhadi Yunnan China Village - 41 km
Yuxi Yunnan China Village - 41 km
Hung-hsi-chen Yunnan China Village - 43 km
Qujiang Yunnan China Village - 43 km
Gaoda Yunnan China Village - 46 km
Xinjie Yunnan China Village - 48 km
Hsün-chien-ssu Yunnan China Village - 48 km
Chin-ch'eng Yunnan China Village - 49 km
Chake Yunnan China Village - 49 km
Banqiao Yunnan China Village - 50 km
Xiaoyangjie Yunnan China Village - 50 km
Huacheng Yunnan China Village - 51 km
Mile Yunnan China City - 52 km
Fayushao Yunnan China Village - 52 km
Jinning Yunnan China Village - 52 km
Hsiao-yang-chieh Yunnan China Village - 53 km
Zhuyuan Yunnan China Village - 54 km
Goujie Yunnan China Village - 55 km
Pengpu Yunnan China Village - 55 km
Lihaozhai Yunnan China Village - 56 km
Eshan Yunnan China Village - 57 km
Chung-i-ts'un Yunnan China Village - 58 km
Yangzong Yunnan China Village - 59 km
Siaolungtan Yunnan China Village - 60 km
Dongfanghong Yunnan China Village - 61 km
Taiping Shuiku Yunnan China Village - 61 km
Longpeng Yunnan China Village - 62 km
Hsiao-lung-t'an Yunnan China Village - 63 km
Chenggong Yunnan China Village - 64 km
Cha-wu Yunnan China Village - 65 km
Haikou Yunnan China City 110000 people 66 km
Dongfeng Yunnan China Village - 67 km
Wujie Yunnan China Village - 68 km
Kunming Yunnan China Major city 1.5 million people 84 km

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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
Chenggong 1900 0 58 km
Ganhaizi 1920 0 74 km
Kunming / Wuchia Pa KMG 1883 Civ. Paved Yes 11100 78 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Dongfeng Qu Jiang 1960 37 km
Baoxianghe Baoxiang He 1958 80 km
Chaishitan Nanpan Jiang 1999 84 km
Songhuaba Jinsha 1958 92 km

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