M 4.6 in China on 16 Oct 2017 13:03 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: 4.6M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: 40.3819 , 77.0505
Event Date: 16 Oct 2017 13:03 UTC
16 Oct 2017 21:03 Local
Exposed Population:
240000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us1000asq9
Inserted at: 16 Oct 2017 14:20 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
us1000asq9 Scaled population (vector) 5.09  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability -0.25  
  INFORM_normalised 0.93  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1184148 0 16 Oct 2017 13:03 4.6M, 35km N/A 240 thousand (in 100km) 01:17 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 Kiziltaw, Ha-erh-chün, Ya-to-pi, Jih-mu-pi-li, Batmanak, A-ko-to, Akongkür, Sugun, Karabulak, Ya-te-pa, and To-kai-erh-mai-tan.

Radius Population
100 km 240000 people
75 km 64000 people
50 km 36000 people
20 km 2200 people
10 km <1000 people
5 km <1000 people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Xinjiang China 16.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Kiziltaw Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 15 km
Ha-erh-chün Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 19 km
Ya-to-pi Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 23 km
Jih-mu-pi-li Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 29 km
Batmanak Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 35 km
A-ko-to Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 37 km
Akongkür Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 55 km
Sugun Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 60 km
Karabulak Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 62 km
Ya-te-pa Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 62 km
Xekar Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 66 km
To-kai-erh-mai-tan Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 68 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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