Overall Green Earthquake alert in China on 19 Oct 2022 04:35 UTC

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M 5.2 in China on 19 Oct 2022 04:35 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:	5.2M
Depth:	27.159 Km
Lat/Lon:	37.7386 , 92.2222
Event Date:	19 Oct 2022 04:35 UTC 19 Oct 2022 12:35 Local
Exposed Population:	Less than 100 people in MMI V 8 thousand in MMI&>=IV
Source:	NEIC us6000iurr
Inserted at:	25 Oct 2022 00:20 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000iurr	Scaled population (raster)	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

ID	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1468479	19 Oct 2022 04:35	5.5M, 8.598km	7.08	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	00:19	NEIC
1468640	19 Oct 2022 04:35	5.3M, 24.703km	5.84	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	21:51	NEIC
1469596	19 Oct 2022 04:35	5.2M, 27.159km	5.52	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	5d 19:44	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. The nearest places are Huangfengshan, Ganq, Chiu-mang-yai, Mangnai, Yu-chuan-tzu, Ziliujing, Youdunzi, Huanggualiang, Shui-chan, Yiligou, and Changweiliang.

Radius	Population
100 km	1200 people
75 km	<1000 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	no people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Huangfengshan	Qinghai	China	Village	-	14 km
Ganq	Qinghai	China	Village	-	31 km
Chiu-mang-yai	Qinghai	China	Village	-	41 km
Mangnai	Qinghai	China	Village	-	43 km
Yu-chuan-tzu	Qinghai	China	Village	-	44 km
Ziliujing	Qinghai	China	Village	-	45 km
Youdunzi	Qinghai	China	Village	-	47 km
Huanggualiang	Qinghai	China	Village	-	49 km
Shui-chan	Qinghai	China	Village	-	49 km
Yiligou	Qinghai	China	Village	-	50 km
Dafengshan	Qinghai	China	Village	-	57 km
Changweiliang	Qinghai	China	Village	-	65 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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