M 5.9 in China on 17 Jun 2019 14:55 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters
Shakemap
Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a high humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude: 5.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 28.4141 , 104.9796
Event Date: 17 Jun 2019 14:55 UTC
17 Jun 2019 22:55 Local
Exposed Population: About 72000 people in MMI
10880000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us600041ry
Inserted at: 17 Jun 2019 17:00 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 2 2
us600041ry Scaled population (raster) 3.49  
  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
1264683 2 17 Jun 2019 14:55 5.9M, 10km 7.3 70 thousand (in MMI>=VII) 02:05 NEIC
1264685 2.2 17 Jun 2019 14:55 5.8M, 10km 7.57 140 thousand (in MMI>=VII) 02:16 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 Sichuan (population 133,431) . The alertlevel for this event is ORANGE

Intensity Population
45000 people
350000 people
1.1 million people
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 1.9 1264683 28.414/104.98 5.9 10.0 7.243 17 Jun 2019 15:19 00:23 (new episode)
2 1.8 1264683 28.414/104.98 5.9 10.0 7.131 17 Jun 2019 15:36 00:40 (upd of #1)
3 1.9 1264683 28.414/104.98 5.9 10.0 7.243 17 Jun 2019 15:58 01:03 (upd of #2)
4 2 1264683 28.414/104.98 5.9 10.0 7.295 17 Jun 2019 17:00 02:05 (upd of #3)
5 2 1264685 28.414/104.98 5.9 10.0 7.295 17 Jun 2019 17:12 02:16 (new episode)
6 1.8 1264685 28.409/104.965 5.8 10.0 7.221 17 Jun 2019 17:14 02:18 (upd of #5)
7 1.8 1264685 28.405/104.957 5.8 10.0 7.221 17 Jun 2019 17:30 02:34 (upd of #6)
8 2.2 1264685 28.405/104.957 5.8 10.0 7.572 18 Jun 2019 15:00 1d 00:04 (upd of #7)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Sichuan China 350000 people
Sichuan China 920000 people
Sichuan China 48000 people
Yunnan China 4400 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Chiu-chang-ning Sichuan China City - 10 km
Changning Sichuan China City - 19 km
Gong Xian Sichuan China City - 20 km
Dipeng Sichuan China Village - 22 km
Xunchang Sichuan China Village 64000 people 27 km
Gusong Sichuan China Village - 27 km
Gujiahe Sichuan China Village - 28 km
Niu-hua-ch'i Sichuan China Village - 166 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

More information

For a full list of available products related to this event, please refer to the GDACS Resources page.