Overall Green Earthquake alert in China on 26 May 2022 07:48 UTC

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M 4.8 in China on 26 May 2022 07:48 UTC

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:	4.8M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	32.227 , 91.9022
Event Date:	26 May 2022 07:48 UTC 26 May 2022 15:48 Local
Exposed Population:	150 thousand in 100km
Source:	NEIC us7000hcl7
Inserted at:	26 May 2022 08:13 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
us7000hcl7	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
1445231		0	26 May 2022 07:48	4.8M, 10km	5.51	150 thousand (in 100km)		00:24	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 Xizang (population 17,311) . The nearest places are Nieh-jung, Ragnag, Amdo, Zamar, Bungona'og, Zhasa, Qunaggai, Coyang, Liangdaohe, Toudaoban, and Goxung.

Radius	Population
100 km	150000 people
75 km	56000 people
50 km	34000 people
20 km	2600 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Xizang	China	17000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Nieh-jung	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	20 km
Ragnag	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	23 km
Amdo	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	25 km
Zamar	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	27 km
Bungona'og	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	31 km
Zhasa	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	35 km
Qunaggai	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	40 km
Coyang	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	46 km
Liangdaohe	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	47 km
Toudaoban	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	52 km
Tuglung	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	53 km
Jagbung	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	59 km
Nyima	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	60 km
Dangqên	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	60 km
Par	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	62 km
Mardêng	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	64 km
Gyangngog	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	65 km
Goxung	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	69 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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