Overall Green Earthquake alert in China on 14 Oct 2012 23:07 UTC

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M 4.8 in China on 14 Oct 2012 23:07 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:	4.8M
Depth:	Km
Lat/Lon:	25.1594 , 101.94
Event Date:	14 Oct 2012 23:07 UTC 15 Oct 2012 07:07 Local
Exposed Population:	6870000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC usb000d5tb
Inserted at:	14 Oct 2012 23:57 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.5		0.5
usb000d5tb	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

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
120221		0.5	14 Oct 2012 23:07	4.8M, 10km	N/A	6.9 million (in 100km)		00:49	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 , Province of Yunnan (population 40,970,460) . The nearest places are Yipinglang, I-p'ing-lang, Jinshan, Yuanyongjing, Guangtong, Baomanjie, Chuanjie, Hei-ching, Heijing, Tuguancun, and Kunming.

Radius	Population
100 km	7.3 million people
75 km	3.1 million people
50 km	1.2 million people
20 km	140000 people
10 km	23000 people
5 km	7800 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Yunnan	China	41 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Yipinglang	Yunnan	China	City	-	4 km
I-p'ing-lang	Yunnan	China	Village	-	7 km
Jinshan	Yunnan	China	Village	-	15 km
Yuanyongjing	Yunnan	China	Village	-	17 km
Guangtong	Yunnan	China	Village	-	20 km
Baomanjie	Yunnan	China	Village	-	27 km
Chuanjie	Yunnan	China	Village	-	28 km
Hei-ching	Yunnan	China	Village	-	30 km
Heijing	Yunnan	China	City	-	30 km
Tuguancun	Yunnan	China	Village	-	35 km
Taoju	Yunnan	China	Village	-	36 km
Qinfengying	Yunnan	China	Village	-	37 km
Lubiao	Yunnan	China	Village	-	39 km
Bichengzhen	Yunnan	China	Village	-	39 km
Maojie	Yunnan	China	Village	-	40 km
Xindian	Yunnan	China	Village	-	41 km
Renxing	Yunnan	China	Village	-	43 km
Chuxiong	Yunnan	China	City	-	43 km
Dongguazhen	Yunnan	China	Village	-	43 km
Qinglongsi	Yunnan	China	Village	-	44 km
Mouding	Yunnan	China	City	-	44 km
Maojie	Yunnan	China	Village	-	45 km
Baishu	Yunnan	China	Village	-	47 km
Gonghe	Yunnan	China	Village	-	47 km
Shih-chiu-tsun	Yunnan	China	City	-	49 km
Yunlong	Yunnan	China	Village	-	49 km
Laocheng	Yunnan	China	Village	-	49 km
Mo-ch'u	Yunnan	China	Village	-	50 km
Dashipu	Yunnan	China	Village	-	50 km
Xiaolüzhi	Yunnan	China	Village	-	51 km
Xujie	Yunnan	China	Village	-	51 km
Hsin-chieh	Yunnan	China	Village	-	52 km
Tongchang	Yunnan	China	Village	-	52 km
San-chia-ch'ang	Yunnan	China	Village	-	53 km
Gaoqiao	Yunnan	China	Village	-	55 km
Fu-min-hsien	Yunnan	China	Village	-	55 km
Wenquan	Yunnan	China	Village	-	57 km
Yindi	Yunnan	China	Village	-	57 km
Lühe	Yunnan	China	Village	-	58 km
I-men	Yunnan	China	Village	-	58 km
Cheh-nam	Yunnan	China	Village	-	60 km
Shuangbai	Yunnan	China	Village	-	60 km
Wuding	Yunnan	China	Village	-	60 km
Yuanmou	Yunnan	China	City	-	62 km
Anning	Yunnan	China	City	-	62 km
Zhongfubei	Yunnan	China	Village	-	63 km
Fabiao	Yunnan	China	Village	-	63 km
Chadian	Yunnan	China	Village	-	65 km
Jincheng	Yunnan	China	Village	-	66 km
Pingtian	Yunnan	China	Village	-	67 km
Xishan	Yunnan	China	Village	-	68 km
Nanhua	Yunnan	China	City	-	68 km
Pa-chieh	Yunnan	China	Village	-	68 km
Bijiguan	Yunnan	China	Village	-	69 km
Kunming	Yunnan	China	Major city	1.5 million people	78 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
Yuanmou	YUA	1219				0	63 km
Kunming / Wuchia Pa	KMG	1883	Civ.	Paved	Yes	11100	84 km
Ganhaizi		1920				0	92 km
Chenggong		1900				0	95 km

Dams

Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Xincun	Menguo He	1995	45 km
Jiulongdian	Trib. Jinsha Jiang	1959	54 km
Songhuaba	Jinsha	1958	85 km

More information

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