M 4.7 in China on 18 Sep 2020 20:55 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: 4.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 43.8568 , 81.9273
Event Date: 18 Sep 2020 20:55 UTC
19 Sep 2020 04:55 Local
Exposed Population:
1890000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us7000bpzl
Inserted at: 19 Sep 2020 15:03 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000bpzl Scaled population (vector) 6.48  
  C1 earthquake 1.39  
  C2 earthquake -0.24  
  Country Vulnerability 0.26  
  INFORM_normalised 0.82  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1333577 0 18 Sep 2020 20:55 4.7M, 10km N/A 1.9 million (in 100km) 18:07 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 Dolan Yuz, Samiyüzi, Ta-sa-pu-tai, Chi-lin-hsü-tzu-hsiang, Ta-mu, Yamaata, Kung-ha, Yamaiu, I-ning-hsieng, Nilka, and Pei-shin-su-meng.

Radius Population
100 km 1.9 million people
75 km 1.5 million people
50 km 830000 people
20 km 130000 people
10 km 40000 people
5 km 4700 people
2 km 3200 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Xinjiang China 16.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Dolan Yuz Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 23 km
Samiyüzi Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 25 km
Ta-sa-pu-tai Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 26 km
Chi-lin-hsü-tzu-hsiang Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 26 km
Ta-mu Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 29 km
Yamaata Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 31 km
Kung-ha Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 34 km
Yamaiu Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 34 km
I-ning-hsieng Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 36 km
Nilka Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 47 km
Gulja Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 47 km
Gongliu Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 48 km
Yining Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China City 250000 people 51 km
Kai-na-ko Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 53 km
Nai-man-su-meng Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 55 km
Pa-tu-lun Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 58 km
Künas Chang Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 60 km
Pu-lu-le-tai-fei-chich Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 60 km
Turgen-sumun Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 61 km
Ch'a-pu-ch'a-erh Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 62 km
Ka-la-pu--la-chu Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 68 km
Pei-shin-su-meng Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 69 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
Yining Alinbake Af P 668 0 49 km
Yining YIN unknown 0 49 km

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