Overall Green Earthquake alert in China on 15 Feb 2020 11:00 UTC

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M 5.7 in China on 15 Feb 2020 11:00 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:	5.7M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	23.8442 , 121.5392
Event Date:	15 Feb 2020 11:00 UTC 15 Feb 2020 19:00 Local
Exposed Population:	About 1000 people in MMI 3540000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us70007qtx
Inserted at:	16 Feb 2020 11:08 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	3.6 (Taiwan)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us70007qtx	Scaled population (raster)	0.7
	C1 shakemap	-0.59
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.82

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1296368		0	15 Feb 2020 11:00	5.7M, 10km	6.29	2 thousand (in MMI>=VII)		1d 00:08	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 , Province of Taiwan (population 22,456,987) . The nearest places are Feng-shan, Shui-lien, Feng-lin, Ch'u-yin, Jung-shu, Feng-kuang, Chia-lu-lan, Hua-lien, Chien-fan, Ta-shan, and Fweng-yüan.

Radius	Population
100 km	3.5 million people
75 km	540000 people
50 km	310000 people
20 km	210000 people
10 km	29000 people
5 km	13000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Taiwan	China	22.5 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Feng-shan	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	6 km
Shui-lien	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	6 km
Feng-lin	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	11 km
Ch'u-yin	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	11 km
Jung-shu	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	14 km
Feng-kuang	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	15 km
Chia-lu-lan	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	15 km
Hua-lien	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Major city	-	16 km
Chien-fan	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	19 km
Ta-shan	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	22 km
Sha-lao	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	23 km
Feng-pin	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	27 km
Chung-hu	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	28 km
Wan-shan-t'ang	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	30 km
Hsin-ch'eng	Hua-lien	Taiwan	City	-	33 km
Fu-min	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	36 km
T'ieh-chia-lung-she	Hua-lien	Taiwan	City	-	36 km
Shih-ti-ping	Hua-lien	Taiwan	City	-	41 km
Lo-shao	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	42 km
Ta-lo-ma	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	42 km
Ching-kuan	Nan-t'ou	Taiwan	Village	-	42 km
Kuan-yüan	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	43 km
Ta-chiang-k'ou	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	43 km
Chieh-shou-t'ing	Nan-t'ou	Taiwan	Village	-	46 km
Chang-yüan	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	48 km
Sung-pu	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	48 km
San-li	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	50 km
Tzu-yüan	Nan-t'ou	Taiwan	Village	-	50 km
Lieh-k'o-ni	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	51 km
Ka-sha	Nan-t'ou	Taiwan	Village	-	52 km
Hung-hsiang	T'ai-chung	Taiwan	Village	-	52 km
Sung-pai	T'ai-chung	Taiwan	Village	-	54 km
T'ai-kao-li	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	55 km
Tao-k'eng	Nan-t'ou	Taiwan	Village	-	57 km
Ao-hua	I-lan	Taiwan	Village	-	58 km
Chia-tsou-wan Pi	T'ai-tung	Taiwan	City	-	59 km
Chia-fei-yüan	T'ai-chung	Taiwan	Village	-	59 km
Pu-li	Nan-t'ou	Taiwan	Village	-	61 km
Chieh-hsiao-ts'un	T'ai-chung	Taiwan	Village	-	61 km
Yü-li	Hua-lien	Taiwan	City	-	61 km
Yu-chih	Nan-t'ou	Taiwan	Village	-	62 km
Ch'ing-shan	T'ai-chung	Taiwan	Village	-	63 km
Pa-she-pu	Nan-t'ou	Taiwan	Village	-	63 km
Chi-chia-yang	I-lan	Taiwan	Village	-	63 km
Shih-tzu-t'ou	T'ai-chung	Taiwan	Village	-	64 km
Cho-ch'ing-ts'un	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	66 km
Mi-lo	Hsin-chu	Taiwan	Village	-	67 km
Chiu-wu-t'a	I-lan	Taiwan	Village	-	68 km
Wu-ssu	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	69 km
Ch'e-ch'eng	Nan-t'ou	Taiwan	Village	-	69 km
Ha-lung-t'ai	T'ai-chung	Taiwan	Village	-	69 km
Pa-t'ung-kuan	Nan-t'ou	Taiwan	Village	-	69 km
Wu-shih Pi	T'ai-tung	Taiwan	City	-	70 km
Nan-tou	Nan-t'ou	Taiwan	Major city	-	88 km
Tai-chung	T'ai-chung Shih	Taiwan	Major city	-	94 km
Fweng-yüan	T'ai-chung	Taiwan	Major city	-	95 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	21 km
Lishan	LHN	unknown				0	56 km
Sun Moon Lake	SMT	unknown				0	62 km
Taichung	TXG	112	Mil.	Paved	Yes	5300	98 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Hualien	TWHUN	Taiwan	18 km
Suao	TWSUO	Taiwan	90 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Guguan	Dajiaxi	1961	67 km

Nuclear plants

Name	Country	Reactors	Distance
LUNG-MEI	TAIWAN	2	66 km

More information

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