Overall Green Earthquake alert in China on 12 May 2016 04:29 UTC

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M 5.5 in China on 12 May 2016 04:29 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:	5.5M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	24.6819 , 122.0393
Event Date:	12 May 2016 04:29 UTC 12 May 2016 12:29 Local
Exposed Population:	9390000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC
Inserted at:	12 May 2016 04:45 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.6		0.6
	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
1128048		0.6	12 May 2016 04:29	5.5M, 10km	N/A	9.4 million (in 100km)		00:15	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 309,970) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity	Population
	no people
	360000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Alert	Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
	1	0	1128048	24.682/122.039	5.5	10	0	17 Oct 2016 11:17	158d 06:47	(new episode)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Taiwan	China	310000 people
	Taiwan	China	9.4 million people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Su-ao	I-lan	Taiwan	City	-	22 km
I-lan	I-lan	Taiwan	Major city	-	31 km
Tou-cheng	I-lan	Taiwan	City	-	31 km
Nan-ao	I-lan	Taiwan	City	-	34 km
Shuang-hsi	T'ai-pei	Taiwan	Village	-	42 km
Yü-lan	I-lan	Taiwan	Village	-	46 km
Ao-hua	I-lan	Taiwan	Village	-	50 km
Keelung	Chi-lung Shih	Taiwan	City	400000 people	58 km
Chi-lung	Chi-lung Shih	Taiwan	City	400000 people	58 km
Tu-chang	I-lan	Taiwan	Village	-	59 km
Hsin-tien	T'ai-pei Chuan-Shih	Taiwan	City	-	59 km
Wan-li	T'ai-pei	Taiwan	Village	-	66 km
Taipeh	T'ai-pei Chuan-Shih	Taiwan	Capital	2.5 million people	67 km
Taipei	T'ai-pei Chuan-Shih	Taiwan	Capital	2.5 million people	67 km
Pan-ch'iao	T'ai-pei	Taiwan	Major city	-	68 km
T'ieh-chia-lung-she	Hua-lien	Taiwan	City	-	71 km
Chin-shan	T'ai-pei	Taiwan	Village	-	73 km
Hsin-ch'eng	Hua-lien	Taiwan	City	-	74 km
Ying-ko	T'ai-pei	Taiwan	Village	-	76 km
Lin-kou	T'ai-pei	Taiwan	Village	-	80 km
Tan-shui	T'ai-pei Chuan-Shih	Taiwan	City	-	81 km
Hsin-chu	T'ao-yuan	Taiwan	Village	-	82 km
Tao-yüan	T'ao-yuan	Taiwan	Major city	-	82 km
Ta-shan	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	85 km
Chung-li	T'ao-yuan	Taiwan	City	-	88 km
Hua-lien	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Major city	-	90 km
Shih-p'o-hsia	T'ao-yuan	Taiwan	Village	-	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
		9				0	30 km
Sungshan	TSA	6	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8500	65 km
Pa Kuei		141				0	79 km
Lung Tan		241	Civ.	Paved	No	3200	83 km
Hualien	HUN	16	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9000	84 km
Taoyuan		45	Mil.	Paved	No	10000	91 km
Highway Strip 58 60		120				0	91 km
Chiang Kai Shek International	TPE	33	Civ.	Paved	Yes	12000	93 km
Hsinchu	HSZ	8	Civ.	Paved	Yes	12000	112 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Suao	TWSUO	Taiwan	21 km
Keelung (Chilung)	TWKEL	Taiwan	59 km
Tan Shui		Taiwan	85 km
Hualien	TWHUN	Taiwan	88 km

Dams

Intensity	Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
		Shihmen	Tahan	1964	81 km

More information

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