Overall Green Earthquake alert in China on 01 Aug 2020 23:47 UTC

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M 4.6 in China on 01 Aug 2020 23:47 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:	4.6M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	39.7913 , 77.2859
Event Date:	01 Aug 2020 23:47 UTC 02 Aug 2020 07:47 Local
Exposed Population:	1250000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us6000b883
Inserted at:	02 Aug 2020 00:04 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.5 (Kyrgyzstan)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries:	Kyrgyzstan= 4.5; China= 3.6

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000b883	Scaled population (vector)	5.97
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	-0.25
	INFORM_normalised	0.93

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1324452		0	01 Aug 2020 23:47	4.6M, 10km	N/A	1.3 million (in 100km)		00:17	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 Xekar, Sugun, Ya-to-pi, Jih-mu-pi-li, Kizilsu, A-ko-to, Kiziltaw, Jiashi, Ha-erh-chün, Chia-shih, and Se-li-pu-ya.

Radius	Population
100 km	1.3 million people
75 km	560000 people
50 km	190000 people
20 km	38000 people
10 km	11000 people
5 km	1000 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
Xekar	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	15 km
Sugun	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	44 km
Ya-to-pi	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	46 km
Jih-mu-pi-li	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	49 km
Kizilsu	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	51 km
A-ko-to	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	53 km
Kiziltaw	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	56 km
Jiashi	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	58 km
Ha-erh-chün	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	60 km
Chia-shih	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	64 km
Se-li-pu-ya	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	68 km

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

More information

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