M 6.1 in China on 04 Feb 2018 13:56 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: 6.1M
Depth: 11.97 Km
Lat/Lon: 24.1595 , 121.6777
Event Date: 04 Feb 2018 13:56 UTC
04 Feb 2018 21:56 Local
Exposed Population: About 5000 people in MMI
7260000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us1000cfn6
Inserted at: 04 Feb 2018 17:31 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 3.6 (China)

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  
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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 ,of Taiwan (population 45) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
6800 people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0.6 1197290 24.101/121.658 6.1 7.82 7.28 04 Feb 2018 14:18 00:21 (new episode)
2 0 1197290 24.101/121.658 6.1 7.82 5.91 04 Feb 2018 16:00 02:04 (upd of #1)
3 0 1197330 24.101/121.658 6.1 7.82 5.91 04 Feb 2018 17:31 03:34 (new episode)
4 0 1197330 24.16/121.678 6.1 11.97 5.12 04 Feb 2018 17:33 03:36 (upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Taiwan China 2500 people
Taiwan China 6.6 million people
Taiwan China 16.1 million people
Okinawa Japan 42000 people
Fujian China 430000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
T'ieh-chia-lung-she Hua-lien Taiwan City - 4 km
Hsin-ch'eng Hua-lien Taiwan City - 6 km
Ta-shan Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 16 km
Ao-hua I-lan Taiwan Village - 20 km
Hua-lien Hua-lien Taiwan Major city - 22 km
Lo-shao Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 25 km
Ch'u-yin Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 28 km
Jung-shu Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 28 km
Nan-ao I-lan Taiwan City - 37 km
Feng-shan Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 39 km
Mi-lo Hsin-chu Taiwan Village - 43 km
Shui-lien Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 43 km
Sung-pai T'ai-chung Taiwan Village - 44 km
Feng-lin Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 46 km
Tu-chang I-lan Taiwan Village - 51 km
Su-ao I-lan Taiwan City - 51 km
Feng-kuang Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 52 km
Chia-lu-lan Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 52 km
Yü-lan I-lan Taiwan Village - 57 km
Sha-lao Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 61 km
Feng-pin Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 64 km
I-lan I-lan Taiwan Major city - 68 km
Chi-yu-tieh Hsin-chu Taiwan Village - 93 km
Hsin-chu Hsin-chu Shih Taiwan Major city - 97 km
Tao-yüan T'ao-yuan Taiwan Major city - 98 km
Taipei T'ai-pei Chuan-Shih Taiwan Capital 2.5 million people 99 km
Hsin-chu T'ao-yuan Taiwan Village - 100 km
Ch'ien-tzu-chiao Hsin-chu Shih Taiwan Village - 102 km
Hsin-hu-k'ou Hsin-chu Taiwan Village - 105 km
Ha-lung-t'ai T'ai-chung Taiwan Village - 72 km
Fu-min Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 73 km
Tao-k'eng Nan-t'ou Taiwan Village - 76 km
Pu-li Nan-t'ou Taiwan Village - 76 km
Shih-tzu-t'ou T'ai-chung Taiwan Village - 77 km
Hsin-le-ts'un Hsin-chu Taiwan Village - 77 km
Shih-ti-ping Hua-lien Taiwan City - 78 km
Nei-wan Hsin-chu Taiwan City - 79 km
Lu-hu Miao-li Taiwan Village - 79 km
Tou-cheng I-lan Taiwan City - 79 km
Ta-lo-ma Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 80 km
Ta-chiang-k'ou Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 80 km
Yu-chih Nan-t'ou Taiwan Village - 81 km
Ta-p'ing T'ai-chung Taiwan Village - 82 km
Chang-yüan Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 85 km
Sung-pu Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 86 km
Pa-she-pu Nan-t'ou Taiwan Village - 87 km
San-li Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 88 km
Chu-kao-wu Miao-li Taiwan Village - 89 km
Chih-hu Miao-li Taiwan Village - 90 km
Ch'e-ch'eng Nan-t'ou Taiwan Village - 90 km
Hsin-tien T'ai-pei Chuan-Shih Taiwan City - 91 km
T'ai-kao-li Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 92 km
San-wan Hsin-chu Shih Taiwan City - 93 km
Shui-li Nan-t'ou Taiwan Village - 93 km
Shih-kang T'ai-chung Taiwan City - 93 km
Pan-ch'iao T'ai-pei Taiwan Major city - 94 km
Ying-ko T'ai-pei Taiwan Village - 95 km
Chia-tsou-wan Pi T'ai-tung Taiwan City - 96 km
Miao-li Miao-li Taiwan Major city - 98 km
Shuang-hsi T'ai-pei Taiwan Village - 98 km
Chu-nan Hsin-chu Shih Taiwan City - 98 km
Tai-chung-hsien T'ai-chung Taiwan City - 99 km
Yü-li Hua-lien Taiwan City - 99 km
Pei-shih-k'eng Nan-t'ou Taiwan Village - 99 km
Ming-te Nan-t'ou Taiwan Village - 99 km
Fweng-yüan T'ai-chung Taiwan Major city - 99 km
Chung-li T'ao-yuan Taiwan City - 99 km
Wei-she T'ai-chung Taiwan Village - 100 km
Hsin-i Nan-t'ou Taiwan Village - 102 km
Tung-pu Nan-t'ou Taiwan Village - 102 km
Chung-hsing-hsin-ts'un Nan-t'ou Taiwan City - 102 km
Tai-chung T'ai-chung Shih Taiwan Major city - 102 km
Ts'ao-t'un Nan-t'ou Taiwan Village - 104 km
Cho-ch'ing-ts'un Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 104 km
Shui-wei Nan-t'ou Taiwan Village - 105 km
Lu-ku-hsiang Nan-t'ou Taiwan Village - 105 km
Kuang-hsing-ts'un Nan-t'ou Taiwan Village - 105 km
Nan-tou Nan-t'ou Taiwan Major city - 106 km
Lin-kou T'ai-pei Taiwan Village - 106 km
Chi-lung Chi-lung Shih Taiwan City 400000 people 107 km
Wu-shih Pi T'ai-tung Taiwan City - 107 km
Shih-p'o-hsia T'ao-yuan Taiwan Village - 107 km
Yüan-li Miao-li Taiwan City - 107 km
Tung-hsiao Miao-li Taiwan City - 108 km
Ta-pu Chang-hua Taiwan Village - 109 km
Hai huang T'ai-chung Taiwan Village - 109 km
Chu-wei-tzu Nan-t'ou Taiwan Village - 112 km
Chung-fu T'ai-pei Taiwan Village - 113 km
Ching-shui T'ai-chung Taiwan City - 113 km
Ta-jen-tung Nan-t'ou Taiwan Village - 114 km
Wan-li T'ai-pei Taiwan Village - 114 km
Tan-shui T'ai-pei Chuan-Shih Taiwan City - 114 km
Kuan-yin T'ao-yuan Taiwan Village - 115 km
San Hsien Tai T'ai-tung Taiwan City - 115 km
Yuan Lin Chang-hua Taiwan City - 116 km
Chang-hua Chang-hua Taiwan Major city - 117 km
Tien-chung Chang-hua Taiwan City - 117 km
Hsia-wei-liao Yun-lin Taiwan Village - 118 km
Fu-li T'ai-tung Taiwan Village - 118 km
Chin-shan T'ai-pei Taiwan Village - 118 km
T'ung-t'ou Nan-t'ou Taiwan Village - 120 km
Ha-li-wei Chia-i Taiwan Village - 120 km
Cheng-kung T'ai-tung Taiwan City - 121 km
Ho-mel Chang-hua Taiwan City - 121 km
Pei-tou Chang-hua Taiwan Village - 122 km
San-chih T'ai-pei Taiwan City - 124 km
Ta-pang Chia-i Taiwan Village - 124 km
Ta-t'u-t'ou Chang-hua Taiwan Village - 125 km
Ch'ih-shang T'ai-tung Taiwan City - 126 km
Hsi-chou Chang-hua Taiwan Village - 126 km
San-pan-t'ou Yun-lin Taiwan Village - 126 km
Yün-lin Yun-lin Taiwan City - 127 km
Lu-kang Chang-hua Taiwan City - 128 km
Shui-chui T'ai-tung Taiwan Village - 128 km
Tou-liu Yun-lin Taiwan Major city - 128 km
Ku-keng Yun-lin Taiwan Village - 130 km
Hsin-i T'ai-tung Taiwan Village - 131 km
Hsi-lo Chang-hua Taiwan City - 131 km
Shiao-Mei Yun-lin Taiwan Village - 132 km
Ting-chuang Chang-hua Taiwan Village - 132 km
Ch'ing-hsi T'ai-tung Taiwan Village - 133 km
Kubura Okinawa Japan Village - 133 km
Kuan-shan T'ai-tung Taiwan Village - 134 km
Chih-chih-ya-she Chia-i Taiwan Village - 135 km
T'ien-liao Chia-i Taiwan Village - 136 km
Hu-wei Yun-lin Taiwan Village - 137 km
Tu-ho T'ai-tung Taiwan Village - 137 km
Erh-lin Chang-hua Taiwan City - 137 km
Fu-hsing Kao-hsiung Taiwan Village - 137 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Intensity Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Hualien HUN 16 Civ. Paved Yes 9000 16 km
Lishan LHN unknown 0 48 km
9 0 64 km
Sungshan TSA 6 Civ. Paved Yes 8500 102 km
Ao Hu Kou 152 0 102 km
Hsinchu HSZ 8 Civ. Paved Yes 12000 105 km
Taoyuan 45 Mil. Paved No 10000 109 km
Sun Moon Lake SMT unknown 0 82 km
Lung Tan 241 Civ. Paved No 3200 89 km
Pa Kuei 141 0 94 km
Highway Strip 58 60 120 0 102 km
Taichung TXG 112 Mil. Paved Yes 5300 104 km
Ching Chuan Kang AB 203 Mil. Paved No 12000 108 km
Chiang Kai Shek International TPE 33 Civ. Paved Yes 12000 111 km
Highway Strip 206 23 0 123 km
Yonaguni OGN 21 Civ. Paved Yes 4900 136 km
Highway Strip 260 30 0 146 km
Chiayi CYI 25 Civ. Paved Yes 10000 152 km
Taitung TTT 37 Mil. Paved No 11000 160 km
Green Island GNI 8 Civ. Paved No 3300 166 km
Feng Nin 42 Civ. Paved Yes 7900 166 km
Highway Strip 296 298 9 0 178 km
Kuei Jen 30 0 193 km
Highway Strip 331 334 11 0 199 km
Tainan TNN 19 Mil. Paved Yes 10000 201 km
Pingtung North 29 Mil. Paved No 8000 203 km
Pingtung South 24 Mil. Paved Yes 7800 206 km
Kangshan 10 Mil. Paved No 7500 210 km
Hateruma HTR unknown 0 214 km
Tso Ying 9 0 215 km
Makung AB MZG 31 Mil. Paved Yes 6500 219 km
Kaohsiung International KHH 9 Civ. Paved Yes 10300 222 km
Iriomote Jima 12 0 224 km
P Eng Hu 21 0 225 km
Wang An 30 0 238 km
Ishigaki ISG 26 Civ. Paved Yes 4900 256 km
15 0 273 km

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Country Distance
Hualien TWHUN Taiwan 20 km
Suao TWSUO Taiwan 52 km
Keelung (Chilung) TWKEL Taiwan 108 km
Tan Shui Taiwan 117 km
Taichung TWTXG Taiwan 119 km
Tai Tung Taiwan 169 km
Tai Nan Taiwan 186 km
An Ping Chiang Taiwan 202 km
Irionote Island Japan 213 km
Tai Chung Taiwan 222 km
Kaohsiung TWKHH Taiwan 225 km
Peng Hu Taiwan 230 km
Ishigaki Japan 253 km

Dams

Intensity Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Guguan Dajiaxi 1961 67 km
Shihmen Tahan 1964 84 km
Mingteh Houlung 1970 93 km
Tsengwen Tsengwen 1973 154 km
Wushantou Offstream Kuantien 1930 170 km

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