Overall Green Earthquake alert in Taiwan on 26 Apr 2024 18:21 UTC

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M 5.7 in Taiwan on 26 Apr 2024 18:21 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact

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:	5.7M
Depth:	33.4 Km
Lat/Lon:	24.1639 , 121.6636
Event Date:	26 Apr 2024 18:21 UTC 27 Apr 2024 02:21 Local
Exposed Population:	10 thousand in MMI VI
Source:	NEIC us6000mu3y
Inserted at:	27 Apr 2024 14:35 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	3.6 (Taiwan)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000mu3y	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	0
	C2 shakemap	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1567466		0	26 Apr 2024 18:21	5.7M, 25.2km	6.15	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		00:19	NEIC
1567646		0	26 Apr 2024 18:21	5.7M, 33.4km	5.45	N/A (in MMI>=VII)		20:14	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 Taiwan , Province of Taiwan (population 134,051) . The nearest places are T'ieh-chia-lung-she, Hsin-ch'eng, Ta-shan, Ao-hua, Hua-lien, Lo-shao, Jung-shu, Ch'u-yin, Chi-chia-yang, Chiu-wu-t'a, and Taipei.

Radius	Population
100 km	9.4 million people
75 km	700000 people
50 km	230000 people
20 km	74000 people
10 km	7300 people
5 km	4700 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Taiwan	Taiwan	130000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
T'ieh-chia-lung-she	Hua-lien	Taiwan	City	-	3 km
Hsin-ch'eng	Hua-lien	Taiwan	City	-	5 km
Ta-shan	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	16 km
Ao-hua	I-lan	Taiwan	Village	-	20 km
Hua-lien	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Major city	-	22 km
Lo-shao	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	23 km
Jung-shu	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	27 km
Ch'u-yin	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	27 km
Chi-chia-yang	I-lan	Taiwan	Village	-	30 km
Chiu-wu-t'a	I-lan	Taiwan	Village	-	32 km
Kuan-yüan	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	34 km
Wan-shan-t'ang	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	37 km
Nan-ao	I-lan	Taiwan	City	-	37 km
Feng-shan	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	39 km
Mi-lo	Hsin-chu	Taiwan	Village	-	42 km
Sung-pai	T'ai-chung	Taiwan	Village	-	42 km
Chieh-hsiao-ts'un	T'ai-chung	Taiwan	Village	-	42 km
Shui-lien	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	43 km
Feng-lin	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	46 km
Ching-kuan	Nan-t'ou	Taiwan	Village	-	46 km
Chien-fan	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	49 km
Tu-chang	I-lan	Taiwan	Village	-	50 km
Hung-hsiang	T'ai-chung	Taiwan	Village	-	50 km
Su-ao	I-lan	Taiwan	City	-	51 km
Feng-kuang	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	52 km
Chia-lu-lan	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	52 km
A-li-shih	I-lan	Taiwan	Village	-	56 km
Chieh-shou-t'ing	Nan-t'ou	Taiwan	Village	-	56 km
Yü-lan	I-lan	Taiwan	Village	-	57 km
Ch'ing-shan	T'ai-chung	Taiwan	Village	-	59 km
Chia-li-wan	I-lan	Taiwan	Village	-	60 km
Sha-lao	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	61 km
Chao-jih	Hsin-chu	Taiwan	Village	-	62 km
Chung-hu	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	63 km
Hsiu-luan	Hsin-chu	Taiwan	Village	-	63 km
Feng-pin	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	64 km
Tzu-yüan	Nan-t'ou	Taiwan	Village	-	65 km
Chiu-hsiung-lin	I-lan	Taiwan	Village	-	65 km
Ch'ia-la	T'ao-yuan	Taiwan	Village	-	65 km
Chia-fei-yüan	T'ai-chung	Taiwan	Village	-	66 km
I-lan	I-lan	Taiwan	Major city	-	67 km
Pan-ch'iao	T'ai-pei	Taiwan	Major city	-	93 km
Hsin-chu	Hsin-chu Shih	Taiwan	Major city	-	95 km
Miao-li	Miao-li	Taiwan	Major city	-	96 km
Tao-yüan	T'ao-yuan	Taiwan	Major city	-	97 km
Fweng-yüan	T'ai-chung	Taiwan	Major city	-	98 km
Taipei	T'ai-pei Chuan-Shih	Taiwan	Capital	2.5 million people	98 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
Hualien	HUN	16	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9000	16 km
Lishan	LHN	unknown				0	46 km
		9				0	64 km
Sun Moon Lake	SMT	unknown				0	81 km
Lung Tan		241	Civ.	Paved	No	3200	88 km
Pa Kuei		141				0	93 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Hualien	TWHUN	Taiwan	20 km
Suao	TWSUO	Taiwan	52 km

Dams

Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Guguan	Dajiaxi	1961	66 km
Shihmen	Tahan	1964	83 km
Mingteh	Houlung	1970	91 km

Nuclear power plants

Site	Type	Name	Country
Site-Hsinchu City	Research reactor	THOR	Taiwan, China

More information

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