Overall Green Earthquake alert in China on 03 Jul 2015 01:07 UTC

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M 6.4 in China on 03 Jul 2015 01:07 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:	6.4M
Depth:	20 Km
Lat/Lon:	37.4604 , 78.1251
Event Date:	03 Jul 2015 01:07 UTC 03 Jul 2015 09:07 Local
Exposed Population:	360000 people in MMI 880000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us10002n4w
Inserted at:	03 Jul 2015 02:06 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.8		0.8
us10002n4w	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
1086708		0.7	03 Jul 2015 01:07	6.1M, 10km	N/A	880 thousand (in 100km)		00:19	NEIC
1086716		0.8	03 Jul 2015 01:07	6.4M, 20km	6.69	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:58	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 Xinjiang (population 182,659) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population
	180000 people
	370000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1086708	37.469/78.134	6.1	10	0	17 Oct 2016 10:39	472d 09:31	(new episode)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Xinjiang	China	180000 people
	Xinjiang	China	370000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Koxtag	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	14 km
Pishan	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	City	-	20 km
Kiliyang	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	35 km
Ya-wa-shih	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	62 km
Bexerik	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	68 km
Yecheng	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	City	-	79 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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