M 5.8 in China on 08 Mar 2012 22:50 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: 5.8M
Depth: 35.5 Km
Lat/Lon: 39.3796 , 81.3561
Event Date: 08 Mar 2012 22:50 UTC
09 Mar 2012 06:50 Local
Exposed Population:
About 8024 people within 100km
Source: NEIC usb0008dxq
Inserted at: 08 Mar 2012 23:09 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
usb0008dxq 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

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
115357 0 08 Mar 2012 22:50 5.8M, 35.5km N/A 8 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) .

Radius Population
100 km 8000 people
75 km 5200 people
50 km 1900 people
20 km <1000 people
10 km <1000 people
5 km <1000 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Xinjiang China 16.8 million people

Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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