M 5 in China on 14 Sep 2012 03:21 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.

Updated: this report is based on episode 1.

Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 26.9 Km
Lat/Lon: 43.6271 , 82.3568
Event Date: 14 Sep 2012 03:21 UTC
14 Sep 2012 11:21 Local
Exposed Population:
1560000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC usc000cnks
Inserted at: 14 Sep 2012 04:01 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usc000cnks 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
119610 0.5 14 Sep 2012 03:21 5M, 10.3km N/A 1.6 million (in 100km) 00:19 NEIC
119611 0.5 14 Sep 2012 03:21 5M, 26.9km N/A 1.6 million (in 100km) 00:39 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) . The nearest places are Künas Chang, and Gongliu.

Radius Population
100 km 2.4 million people
75 km 1.5 million people
50 km 790000 people
20 km 130000 people
10 km 5100 people
5 km 1200 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Xinjiang China 16.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Künas Chang Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 16 km
Gongliu Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 17 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
Yining Alinbake Af P 668 92 km
Yining YIN unknown 93 km

More information

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