Overall Green Earthquake alert in China on 17 Jul 2017 23:59 UTC

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M 4.5 in China on 17 Jul 2017 23:59 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:	4.5M
Depth:	28.82 Km
Lat/Lon:	40.8398 , 78.8593
Event Date:	17 Jul 2017 23:59 UTC 18 Jul 2017 07:59 Local
Exposed Population:	240000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us20009x4v
Inserted at:	18 Jul 2017 00:55 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.5 (Kyrgyzstan)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries:	Kyrgyzstan= 4.5; China= 3.6

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us20009x4v	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 earthquake	1
	C2 earthquake	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1174172		0	17 Jul 2017 23:59	4.5M, 28.82km	N/A	250 thousand (in 100km)		00:55	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 , Autonomous Region of Xinjiang (population 16,794,560) . The nearest places are Hulangshan, Kulansarak, A-ho-chi, O-ta-le, Subexi, Kalpin, Outch-tourfan, Wushi, Aqal, and Akqi.

Radius	Population
100 km	250000 people
75 km	150000 people
50 km	64000 people
20 km	<1000 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Xinjiang	China	16.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Hulangshan	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	21 km
Kulansarak	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	24 km
A-ho-chi	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	29 km
O-ta-le	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	36 km
Subexi	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	37 km
Kalpin	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	38 km
Outch-tourfan	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	50 km
Wushi	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	51 km
Aqal	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	55 km
Akqi	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	59 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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