M 5.3 in China on 07 Dec 2012 14:08 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: 5.3M
Depth: 16.1 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.7454 , 88.1013
Event Date: 07 Dec 2012 14:08 UTC
07 Dec 2012 22:08 Local
Exposed Population:
About 15000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC usc000e5ug
Inserted at: 07 Dec 2012 14:30 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usc000e5ug 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
121326 0.5 07 Dec 2012 14:08 5.3M, 16.1km N/A 10 thousand (in 100km) 00:21 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 45000 people
75 km 30000 people
50 km 23000 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.

More information

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