M 6.1 in China from 04 Feb 2018 13:56 UTC to 13:56

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: 6.1M
Depth: 7.82 Km
Lat/Lon: 24.1009 , 121.6576
Event Date: 04 Feb 2018 13:56 UTC
04 Feb 2018 21:56 Local
Exposed Population: About 92000 people in MMI
4390000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us1000cfn6
Inserted at: 04 Feb 2018 14:16 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
3.6 (Taiwan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000cfn6 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1197290 0 04 Feb 2018 13:56 6.1M, 7.82km 5.91 90 thousand (in MMI>=VII) 00:19 NEIC
1197330 0 04 Feb 2018 13:56 6.1M, 11.97km 5.12 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 03:34 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 Taiwan (population 22,456,987) . The nearest places are Hsin-ch'eng, T'ieh-chia-lung-she, Ta-shan, Hua-lien, Ch'u-yin, Jung-shu, Lo-shao, Ao-hua, Feng-shan, Wan-shan-t'ang, and Pan-ch'iao.

Radius Population
100 km 4.2 million people
75 km 780000 people
50 km 270000 people
20 km 200000 people
10 km 26000 people
5 km 6400 people
2 km <1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Taiwan China 22.5 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Hsin-ch'eng Hua-lien Taiwan City - 4 km
T'ieh-chia-lung-she Hua-lien Taiwan City - 7 km
Ta-shan Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 10 km
Hua-lien Hua-lien Taiwan Major city - 15 km
Ch'u-yin Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 21 km
Jung-shu Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 22 km
Lo-shao Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 25 km
Ao-hua I-lan Taiwan Village - 27 km
Feng-shan Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 33 km
Wan-shan-t'ang Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 34 km
Kuan-yüan Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 34 km
Chi-chia-yang I-lan Taiwan Village - 36 km
Shui-lien Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 36 km
Chiu-wu-t'a I-lan Taiwan Village - 39 km
Feng-lin Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 39 km
Chien-fan Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 43 km
Nan-ao I-lan Taiwan City - 43 km
Sung-pai T'ai-chung Taiwan Village - 44 km
Ching-kuan Nan-t'ou Taiwan Village - 45 km
Feng-kuang Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 45 km
Chia-lu-lan Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 45 km
Chieh-hsiao-ts'un T'ai-chung Taiwan Village - 46 km
Mi-lo Hsin-chu Taiwan Village - 46 km
Hung-hsiang T'ai-chung Taiwan Village - 50 km
Chieh-shou-t'ing Nan-t'ou Taiwan Village - 54 km
Sha-lao Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 54 km
Tu-chang I-lan Taiwan Village - 56 km
Chung-hu Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 57 km
Feng-pin Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 57 km
Su-ao I-lan Taiwan City - 58 km
Ch'ing-shan T'ai-chung Taiwan Village - 60 km
Tzu-yüan Nan-t'ou Taiwan Village - 62 km
A-li-shih I-lan Taiwan Village - 63 km
Yü-lan I-lan Taiwan Village - 64 km
Chia-fei-yüan T'ai-chung Taiwan Village - 65 km
Chia-li-wan I-lan Taiwan Village - 66 km
Fu-min Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 67 km
Chao-jih Hsin-chu Taiwan Village - 67 km
Hsiu-luan Hsin-chu Taiwan Village - 69 km
I-lan I-lan Taiwan Major city - 74 km
Fweng-yüan T'ai-chung Taiwan Major city - 98 km
Miao-li Miao-li Taiwan Major city - 99 km
Hsin-chu Hsin-chu Shih Taiwan Major city - 100 km
Pan-ch'iao T'ai-pei Taiwan Major city - 100 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
Hualien HUN 16 Civ. Paved Yes 9000 9 km
Lishan LHN unknown 0 48 km
9 0 71 km
Sun Moon Lake SMT unknown 0 78 km
Lung Tan 241 Civ. Paved No 3200 94 km
Pa Kuei 141 0 99 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Hualien TWHUN Taiwan 13 km
Suao TWSUO Taiwan 59 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Guguan Dajiaxi 1961 66 km
Shihmen Tahan 1964 89 km
Mingteh Houlung 1970 95 km

Nuclear plants

Name Country Reactors Distance
LUNG-MEI TAIWAN 2 35 km

More information

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