M 5.6 in China on 23 Dec 2018 19:32 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: 5.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 30.4977 , 87.7116
Event Date: 23 Dec 2018 19:32 UTC
24 Dec 2018 03:32 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI VI
About 44000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us2000iws8
Inserted at: 23 Dec 2018 20:19 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000iws8 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.37  
  C2 shakemap 0.76  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.82  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1242311 0 23 Dec 2018 19:32 5.7M, 10km 6.39 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:18 NEIC
1242315 0 23 Dec 2018 19:32 5.6M, 10km 6.61 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:47 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 Xizang (population 2,433,427) . The nearest places are Rabka, T'ung-mu-je, Tomra, Langna, Ch'iung-ta, Lin-ka-kuo-ko, Samcang, Têring, Chowa, and Goin'gyibug.

Radius Population
100 km 44000 people
75 km 24000 people
50 km 8500 people
20 km <1000 people
10 km <1000 people
5 km <1000 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Xizang China 2.4 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Rabka Xizang (Tibet) China Village - 23 km
T'ung-mu-je Xizang (Tibet) China Village - 44 km
Tomra Xizang (Tibet) China Village - 45 km
Langna Xizang (Tibet) China Village - 52 km
Ch'iung-ta Xizang (Tibet) China Village - 55 km
Lin-ka-kuo-ko Xizang (Tibet) China Village - 58 km
Samcang Xizang (Tibet) China Village - 61 km
Têring Xizang (Tibet) China Village - 68 km
Chowa Xizang (Tibet) China Village - 70 km
Goin'gyibug Xizang (Tibet) China Village - 70 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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