M 5.7 in China on 15 Feb 2020 11:00 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: 5.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 23.8442 , 121.5392
Event Date: 15 Feb 2020 11:00 UTC
15 Feb 2020 19:00 Local
Exposed Population: About 1000 people in MMI
3540000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us70007qtx
Inserted at: 16 Feb 2020 11:08 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 3.6 (Taiwan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us70007qtx Scaled population (raster) 0.7  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.82  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1296368 0 15 Feb 2020 11:00 5.7M, 10km 6.29 2 thousand (in MMI>=VII) 1d 00:08 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 16,095) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
20000 people
76000 people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0.3 1296368 23.844/121.539 5.7 10.0 7.111 15 Feb 2020 11:23 00:23 (new episode)
2 0.1 1296368 23.844/121.539 5.7 10.0 6.909 15 Feb 2020 11:35 00:35 (upd of #1)
3 0 1296368 23.844/121.539 5.7 10.0 6.838 15 Feb 2020 13:03 02:03 (upd of #2)
4 0 1296368 23.844/121.539 5.7 10.0 6.416 15 Feb 2020 18:57 07:57 (upd of #3)
5 0 1296368 23.844/121.539 5.7 10.0 6.294 16 Feb 2020 11:08 1d 00:08 (upd of #4)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Taiwan China 16000 people
Taiwan China 46000 people
Taiwan China 110000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Feng-shan Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 6 km
Shui-lien Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 6 km
Feng-lin Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 11 km
Ch'u-yin Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 11 km
Jung-shu Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 14 km
Feng-kuang Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 15 km
Chia-lu-lan Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 15 km
Hua-lien Hua-lien Taiwan Major city - 16 km
Sha-lao Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 23 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Country Distance
Hualien TWHUN Taiwan 18 km

More information

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