Overall Green Earthquake alert in China on 09 Nov 2012 19:54 UTC

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M 4.8 in China on 09 Nov 2012 19:54 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:	25.3284 , 102.641
Event Date:	09 Nov 2012 19:54 UTC 10 Nov 2012 03:54 Local
Exposed Population:	7400000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC usc000dq3a
Inserted at:	09 Nov 2012 21:22 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.5		0.5
usc000dq3a	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
120763		0.5	09 Nov 2012 19:54	4.8M, 32.7km	N/A	7.4 million (in 100km)		01:28	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 Aziying, Fu-min-hsien, Ma-chieh, Xishan, Kunming, Lu-ch'üan, Wuding, Jincheng, Bichengzhen, Renxing, and Tianxin.

Radius	Population
100 km	7.8 million people
75 km	6.3 million people
50 km	4.5 million people
20 km	160000 people
10 km	27000 people
5 km	6300 people
2 km	3200 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Yunnan	China	41 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Aziying	Yunnan	China	Village	-	7 km
Fu-min-hsien	Yunnan	China	Village	-	19 km
Ma-chieh	Yunnan	China	Village	-	31 km
Xishan	Yunnan	China	Village	-	31 km
Kunming	Yunnan	China	Major city	1.5 million people	31 km
Lu-ch'üan	Yunnan	China	Village	-	32 km
Wuding	Yunnan	China	Village	-	32 km
Jincheng	Yunnan	China	Village	-	32 km
Bichengzhen	Yunnan	China	Village	-	34 km
Renxing	Yunnan	China	Village	-	35 km
Guandu	Yunnan	China	Village	-	36 km
Cuihua	Yunnan	China	Village	-	37 km
Qinfengying	Yunnan	China	Village	-	37 km
Dabanqiao	Yunnan	China	Village	-	38 km
Bijiguan	Yunnan	China	Village	-	38 km
Songming	Yunnan	China	Village	-	40 km
Jijie	Yunnan	China	Village	-	40 km
Songyang	Yunnan	China	Village	-	40 km
Hsiao-shao	Yunnan	China	Village	-	40 km
Wenquan	Yunnan	China	Village	-	42 km
Yanglin	Yunnan	China	Village	-	44 km
Banqiao	Yunnan	China	Village	-	44 km
Qinglongsi	Yunnan	China	Village	-	44 km
Yang-chieh	Yunnan	China	Village	-	46 km
Chadian	Yunnan	China	Village	-	49 km
Anning	Yunnan	China	City	-	49 km
Siying	Yunnan	China	Village	-	50 km
Tuanjie	Yunnan	China	Village	-	51 km
Jiulong	Yunnan	China	Village	-	52 km
Chenggong	Yunnan	China	Village	-	52 km
Maojie	Yunnan	China	Village	-	54 km
Haikou	Yunnan	China	City	110000 people	55 km
Lubiao	Yunnan	China	Village	-	55 km
Gaoqiao	Yunnan	China	Village	-	55 km
Tangchi	Yunnan	China	Village	-	56 km
Ma-chieh	Yunnan	China	Village	-	57 km
Kebaocun	Yunnan	China	Village	-	57 km
Zhongping	Yunnan	China	Village	-	58 km
Tuguancun	Yunnan	China	Village	-	59 km
So-mo-chieh	Yunnan	China	Village	-	59 km
Jinshan	Yunnan	China	Village	-	60 km
Baiyangjie	Yunnan	China	Village	-	61 km
Yangzong	Yunnan	China	Village	-	63 km
T'ang-tzu	Yunnan	China	Village	-	64 km
Huacheng	Yunnan	China	Village	-	64 km
Chung-i-ts'un	Yunnan	China	Village	-	66 km
Chin-ch'eng	Yunnan	China	Village	-	67 km
Xundian	Yunnan	China	City	-	67 km
Dianwei	Yunnan	China	Village	-	67 km
Baishu	Yunnan	China	Village	-	69 km
Hongshan	Yunnan	China	Village	-	69 km
Ma-ma-ts'un	Yunnan	China	Village	-	70 km
Lo-tz'u	Yunnan	China	Village	-	70 km
Dongfeng	Yunnan	China	Village	-	70 km
Tianxin	Yunnan	China	Village	-	70 km

see full list

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
Kunming / Wuchia Pa	KMG	1883	Civ.	Paved	Yes	11100	38 km
Ganhaizi		1920				0	43 km
Yanglin		30480				0	45 km
Chenggong		1900				0	58 km
Yuanmou	YUA	1219				0	89 km

Dams

Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Songhuaba	Jinsha	1958	25 km
Baoxianghe	Baoxiang He	1958	43 km
Xincun	Menguo He	1995	51 km
Chaishitan	Nanpan Jiang	1999	73 km
Shuanghua	Trib. Jinsha Jiang	n/a	78 km
Yongqinghe	Trib. Nanpan Jiang	n/a	99 km

More information

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