M 5.4 in China on 16 Jun 2021 08:48 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: 5.4M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.1936 , 93.7126
Event Date: 16 Jun 2021 08:48 UTC
16 Jun 2021 16:48 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI VI
About 4000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us7000edh9
Inserted at: 16 Jun 2021 09:05 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000edh9 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.37  
  C2 shakemap 0.76  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.82  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1380877 0 16 Jun 2021 08:48 5.4M, 10km 6.71 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:16 NEIC
1380919 0 16 Jun 2021 08:48 5.5M, 10km 6.86 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 07:47 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 Qinghai (population 4,938,862) . The nearest places are Chalengkou, Sha-liang-tzu, Yiliping, Nanbaxian, Nan-pa-hsien, Shuiyazidun, Ma-hai, and Obson Jah.

Radius Population
100 km 4100 people
75 km 2600 people
50 km <1000 people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Qinghai China 4.9 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Chalengkou Qinghai China Village - 24 km
Sha-liang-tzu Qinghai China Village - 37 km
Yiliping Qinghai China Village - 45 km
Nanbaxian Qinghai China Village - 57 km
Nan-pa-hsien Qinghai China Village - 59 km
Shuiyazidun Qinghai China Village - 64 km
Ma-hai Qinghai China Village - 66 km
Obson Jah Qinghai China Village - 66 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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