Overall Green Earthquake alert in China on 25 Apr 2015 09:17 UTC

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M 5.7 in China on 25 Apr 2015 09:17 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:	28.4282 , 87.3382
Event Date:	25 Apr 2015 09:17 UTC 25 Apr 2015 17:17 Local
Exposed Population:	190000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	25 Apr 2015 09:37 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.3		0.3
	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.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1077637		0.3	25 Apr 2015 09:17	5.7M, 10km	N/A	190 thousand (in 100km)		00:20	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 Xizang (population 64) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population
	<1000 people
	4600 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1077637	28.428/87.338	5.7	10	0	17 Oct 2016 10:32	541d 01:15	(new episode)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Xizang	China	<1000 people
Xizang	China	4600 people
Xizang	China	91000 people
Kosi	Nepal	1500 people
Sagarmatha	Nepal	<1000 people
Mechi	Nepal	<1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Chukhor	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	15 km
Lo-chun	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	20 km
Bêbar	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	27 km
Shatsal	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	31 km
Lu-lu	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	35 km
Gyangkar	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	40 km
Sar	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	47 km
Mêmo	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	51 km
Chuphar	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	62 km
Hsi-mu-ti	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	71 km
Tingri	Xizang (Tibet)	China	City	-	73 km
Kaimar	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	74 km
Dinggyê	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	75 km
Ko-ya-ta-ko	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	76 km
Lhazê	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	78 km
Quxar	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	79 km
Ch'ü-hsia	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	84 km
Dobzha	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	86 km
Nailung	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	92 km
Changlung	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	99 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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