M 4.6 in China on 21 Oct 2021 00:12 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: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 43.8065 , 84.2733
Event Date: 21 Oct 2021 00:12 UTC
21 Oct 2021 08:12 Local
Exposed Population:
690 thousand in 100km
Source: NEIC us6000fwas
Inserted at: 21 Oct 2021 00:29 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000fwas Scaled population (vector) 5.21  
  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
1403536 0 21 Oct 2021 00:12 4.6M, 10km N/A 690 thousand (in 100km) 00:17 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 Na-la-t'i, Narat, A-la-tu-po, Arxat, Araltobe, and Gaoquan.

Radius Population
100 km 690000 people
75 km 200000 people
50 km 6700 people
20 km <1000 people
10 km <1000 people
5 km no 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
Na-la-t'i Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 52 km
Narat Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 58 km
A-la-tu-po Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 60 km
Arxat Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 63 km
Araltobe Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 65 km
Gaoquan 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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