Overall Green Earthquake alert in China on 24 Oct 2021 05:11 UTC

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M 6.2 in China on 24 Oct 2021 05:11 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:	6.2M
Depth:	64.52 Km
Lat/Lon:	24.5714 , 121.8303
Event Date:	24 Oct 2021 05:11 UTC 24 Oct 2021 13:11 Local
Exposed Population:	420000 people in MMI 11 million in 100km
Source:	NEIC us6000fx56
Inserted at:	24 Oct 2021 05:31 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	3.6 (Taiwan)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0		0
us6000fx56	Scaled population (raster)	1.51	Max wave alert	0m
	C1 shakemap	-0.59	Max wave realtime	0m
	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
1404258		0	24 Oct 2021 05:11	6.2M, 64.52km	6.01	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	0m (at 00:00)	00:20	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 Su-ao, Nan-ao, Chia-li-wan, A-li-shih, Chiu-wu-t'a, I-lan, Yü-lan, Chiu-hsiung-lin, Ao-hua, Chi-chia-yang, and Hsin-chu.

Radius	Population
100 km	11 million people
75 km	8.8 million people
50 km	530000 people
20 km	240000 people
10 km	65000 people
5 km	22000 people
2 km	1200 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Taiwan	China	22.5 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Su-ao	I-lan	Taiwan	City	-	3 km
Nan-ao	I-lan	Taiwan	City	-	12 km
Chia-li-wan	I-lan	Taiwan	Village	-	12 km
A-li-shih	I-lan	Taiwan	Village	-	18 km
Chiu-wu-t'a	I-lan	Taiwan	Village	-	21 km
I-lan	I-lan	Taiwan	Major city	-	23 km
Yü-lan	I-lan	Taiwan	Village	-	27 km
Chiu-hsiung-lin	I-lan	Taiwan	Village	-	28 km
Ao-hua	I-lan	Taiwan	Village	-	28 km
Chi-chia-yang	I-lan	Taiwan	Village	-	32 km
Tou-cheng	I-lan	Taiwan	City	-	32 km
Tu-chang	I-lan	Taiwan	Village	-	36 km
Hsiao-i	T'ai-pei	Taiwan	Village	-	40 km
Chia-na-mu-chih-she	T'ai-pei	Taiwan	Village	-	41 km
Chung-hsin-lun	T'ai-pei	Taiwan	Village	-	42 km
Ch'ia-la	T'ao-yuan	Taiwan	Village	-	46 km
Chang-k'ung-tzu	T'ai-pei	Taiwan	Village	-	47 km
Mi-lo	Hsin-chu	Taiwan	Village	-	48 km
T'ieh-chia-lung-she	Hua-lien	Taiwan	City	-	50 km
Chung-k'eng	T'ai-pei	Taiwan	Village	-	51 km
Shuang-hsi	T'ai-pei	Taiwan	Village	-	51 km
Fu-lien	T'ai-pei	Taiwan	Village	-	51 km
Ch'ai-ch'iao-k'eng	T'ai-pei	Taiwan	Village	-	52 km
Hsin-tien	T'ai-pei Chuan-Shih	Taiwan	City	-	53 km
Hsin-ch'eng	Hua-lien	Taiwan	City	-	53 km
Hsiu-luan	Hsin-chu	Taiwan	Village	-	56 km
Lo-shao	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	56 km
Chang-shu-wan	T'ai-pei Chuan-Shih	Taiwan	Village	-	58 km
Chieh-hsiao-ts'un	T'ai-chung	Taiwan	Village	-	59 km
Pan-ch'iao	T'ai-pei	Taiwan	Major city	-	59 km
A-mu-p'ing	T'ao-yuan	Taiwan	Village	-	60 km
Lao-tung	T'ai-pei	Taiwan	Village	-	61 km
Taipei	T'ai-pei Chuan-Shih	Taiwan	Capital	2.5 million people	61 km
Chi-lung	Chi-lung Shih	Taiwan	City	400000 people	62 km
Hsin-le-ts'un	Hsin-chu	Taiwan	Village	-	62 km
Chao-jih	Hsin-chu	Taiwan	Village	-	62 km
Ch'ang-t'an-li	T'ai-pei	Taiwan	Village	-	62 km
Ta-shan	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	64 km
Ying-ko	T'ai-pei	Taiwan	Village	-	65 km
Kuan-yüan	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	66 km
Sung-pai	T'ai-chung	Taiwan	Village	-	67 km
Nei-wan	Hsin-chu	Taiwan	City	-	68 km
Wan-li	T'ai-pei	Taiwan	Village	-	70 km
Hua-lien	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Major city	-	70 km
Tao-yüan	T'ao-yuan	Taiwan	Major city	-	70 km
Hsin-chu	Hsin-chu Shih	Taiwan	Major city	-	90 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
		9				0	20 km
Sungshan	TSA	6	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8500	62 km
Hualien	HUN	16	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9000	64 km
Pa Kuei		141				0	66 km
Lung Tan		241	Civ.	Paved	No	3200	68 km
Lishan	LHN	unknown				0	72 km
Highway Strip 58 60		120				0	78 km
Taoyuan		45	Mil.	Paved	No	10000	80 km
Chiang Kai Shek International	TPE	33	Civ.	Paved	Yes	12000	83 km
Ao Hu Kou		152				0	87 km
Hsinchu	HSZ	8	Civ.	Paved	Yes	12000	94 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Suao	TWSUO	Taiwan	4 km
Keelung (Chilung)	TWKEL	Taiwan	63 km
Hualien	TWHUN	Taiwan	68 km
Tan Shui		Taiwan	81 km

Dams

Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
Shihmen	Tahan	1964	64 km
Guguan	Dajiaxi	1961	92 km
Mingteh	Houlung	1970	96 km

Nuclear plants

Name	Country	Reactors	Distance
LUNG-MEI	TAIWAN	2	21 km
KUOSHENG	TAIWAN	2	74 km
CHIN SHAN	TAIWAN	2	83 km

More information

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