M 5.5 in China on 04 Feb 2018 14:10 UTC

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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: 9.48 Km
Lat/Lon: 24.1355 , 121.7578
Event Date: 04 Feb 2018 14:10 UTC
04 Feb 2018 22:10 Local
Exposed Population: 4560000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us1000cfns
Inserted at: 04 Feb 2018 14:57 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000cfns Scaled population (vector) -8  
  C1 shakemap -0.37  
  C2 shakemap 0.76  
  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
1197297 0 04 Feb 2018 14:10 5.5M, 9.48km 4.35 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:46 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 27) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
no people
32.4 million people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1197297 24.136/121.758 5.5 9.48 5.3 04 Feb 2018 14:58 00:47 (new episode)
2 0 1197297 24.136/121.758 5.5 9.48 5.15 04 Feb 2018 16:14 02:03 (upd of #1)
3 0 1197297 24.14/121.756 5.5 9.9 5.4 04 Feb 2018 17:34 03:23 (upd of #2)
4 0 1197297 24.137/121.754 4.9 9.63 4.35 05 Feb 2018 22:33 1d 08:22 (upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Taiwan China 160000 people
Taiwan China 6.3 million 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 - 12 km
Hsin-ch'eng Hua-lien Taiwan City - 13 km
Ta-shan Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 20 km
Ao-hua I-lan Taiwan Village - 22 km
Hua-lien Hua-lien Taiwan Major city - 24 km
Ch'u-yin Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 31 km
Jung-shu Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 32 km
Lo-shao Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 33 km
Nan-ao I-lan Taiwan City - 38 km
Feng-shan Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 42 km
Shui-lien Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 44 km
Feng-lin Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 49 km
Mi-lo Hsin-chu Taiwan Village - 51 km
Su-ao I-lan Taiwan City - 52 km
Sung-pai T'ai-chung Taiwan Village - 52 km
Chia-lu-lan Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 52 km
Feng-kuang Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 54 km
Tu-chang I-lan Taiwan Village - 57 km
Yü-lan I-lan Taiwan Village - 62 km
Sha-lao Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 62 km
Feng-pin Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 64 km
I-lan I-lan Taiwan Major city - 70 km
Fu-min Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 75 km
Shih-ti-ping Hua-lien Taiwan City - 78 km
Ta-lo-ma Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 81 km
Tou-cheng I-lan Taiwan City - 81 km
Pu-li Nan-t'ou Taiwan Village - 84 km
Shih-tzu-t'ou T'ai-chung Taiwan Village - 85 km
Sung-pu Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 87 km
Yu-chih Nan-t'ou Taiwan Village - 88 km
Hsin-tien T'ai-pei Chuan-Shih Taiwan City - 95 km
Pan-ch'iao T'ai-pei Taiwan Major city - 99 km
Taipei T'ai-pei Chuan-Shih Taiwan Capital 2.5 million people 103 km
Tao-yüan T'ao-yuan Taiwan Major city - 104 km
Chung-li T'ao-yuan Taiwan City - 106 km
Tai-chung T'ai-chung Shih Taiwan Major city - 111 km
Ho-mel Chang-hua Taiwan City - 129 km
Pei-tou Chang-hua Taiwan Village - 129 km
Ta-t'u-t'ou Chang-hua Taiwan Village - 133 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 19 km
Lishan LHN unknown 0 56 km
9 0 66 km
Lung Tan 241 Civ. Paved No 3200 95 km
Sungshan TSA 6 Civ. Paved Yes 8500 106 km
Highway Strip 206 23 0 130 km

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Country Distance
Hualien TWHUN Taiwan 21 km
Suao TWSUO Taiwan 53 km

More information

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