Overall Green Earthquake alert in China from 14 May 2022 19:48 UTC to 19:48

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M 4.5 in China from 14 May 2022 19:48 UTC to 19:48

Hazard models

Rapid Impact

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:	4.5M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	40.1288 , 76.5977
Event Date:	14 May 2022 19:48 UTC 15 May 2022 03:48 Local
Exposed Population:	1.6 million in 100km
Source:	NEIC us6000hl6f
Inserted at:	14 May 2022 21:29 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000hl6f	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 rapid impact	-0.59
	C2 rapid impact	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1443306		0	14 May 2022 19:48	4.5M, 10km	4.35	1.6 million (in 100km)		01:41	NEIC
1444338		0	14 May 2022 19:48	4.5M, 10km	4.54	1.7 million (in 100km)		6d 08:41	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 18,936) . The nearest places are A-ko-to, To-kai-erh-mai-tan, Ha-erh-chün, Sugun, Tügürmiti, Ya-to-pi, Kiziltaw, Kizilsu, Chia-fa, Batmanak, and Jih-mu-pi-li.

Radius	Population
100 km	1.6 million people
75 km	510000 people
50 km	56000 people
20 km	3300 people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Xinjiang	China	19000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
A-ko-to	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	19 km
To-kai-erh-mai-tan	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	23 km
Ha-erh-chün	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	30 km
Sugun	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	32 km
Tügürmiti	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	39 km
Ya-to-pi	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	50 km
Kiziltaw	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	51 km
Kizilsu	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	52 km
Chia-fa	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	57 km
Batmanak	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	59 km
Artux	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	60 km
Atush	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	63 km
Jih-mu-pi-li	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	63 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
Kashi Af P	KHG	1356	Civ.	Paved	Yes	10400	82 km

More information

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