Overall Green Earthquake alert in China on 20 Jan 2019 14:28 UTC

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M 5.2 in China on 20 Jan 2019 14:28 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:	5.2M
Depth:	10.08 Km
Lat/Lon:	30.4096 , 87.6288
Event Date:	20 Jan 2019 14:28 UTC 20 Jan 2019 22:28 Local
Exposed Population:	About 46000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us2000j6mf
Inserted at:	20 Jan 2019 14:47 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us2000j6mf	Scaled population (vector)	4.6
	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

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1245647		0	20 Jan 2019 14:28	5.2M, 10.08km	N/A	50 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 Xizang (population 2,433,427) . The nearest places are Rabka, Langna, Ch'iung-ta, Lin-ka-kuo-ko, T'ung-mu-je, Tomra, Goin'gyibug, Comai, Yagmo, and Lêba.

Radius	Population
100 km	47000 people
75 km	25000 people
50 km	9500 people
20 km	1400 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	no 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	-	24 km
Langna	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	40 km
Ch'iung-ta	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	46 km
Lin-ka-kuo-ko	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	48 km
T'ung-mu-je	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	50 km
Tomra	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	54 km
Goin'gyibug	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	65 km
Comai	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	67 km
Yagmo	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	68 km
Lêba	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	68 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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