M 4.7 in China on 06 Oct 2012 09:27 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: 4.7M
Depth: 36.1 Km
Lat/Lon: 41.1129 , 88.3082
Event Date: 06 Oct 2012 09:27 UTC
06 Oct 2012 17:27 Local
Exposed Population:
About 21000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC usc000d2vm
Inserted at: 06 Oct 2012 10:29 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usc000d2vm 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
120073 0.5 06 Oct 2012 09:27 4.7M, 36.1km N/A 20 thousand (in 100km) 01:01 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 57000 people
75 km 39000 people
50 km no people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no 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.

Airports

Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Yaerdang 870 79 km

More information

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