M 4.7 in China on 20 Oct 2008 14:26 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: 4.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.28 , 91.1
Event Date: 20 Oct 2008 14:26 UTC
20 Oct 2008 22:26 Local
Exposed Population:
about 4000 people within 100km
Source: EMSC
Inserted at: 21 Oct 2008 06:37 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0.5 0.5
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
47010 0.5 20 Oct 2008 14:26 4.5M, 10km N/A 3 thousand (in 100km) 03:05 NEIC
47020 0.5 20 Oct 2008 14:26 4.7M, 10km N/A 3 thousand (in 100km) 15:20 GEOFON
47022 0.5 20 Oct 2008 14:26 4.7M, 10km N/A 3 thousand (in 100km) 15:27 GEOFON
47024 0.5 20 Oct 2008 14:26 4.7M, 10km N/A 3 thousand (in 100km) 15:33 GEOFON
47026 0.5 20 Oct 2008 14:26 4.7M, 10km N/A 3 thousand (in 100km) 15:39 GEOFON
47028 0.5 20 Oct 2008 14:26 4.7M, 10km N/A 4 thousand (in 100km) 16:10 EMSC
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) .

Radius Population
100 km no people
75 km no people
50 km no people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Country Region Province Population
China Qinghai 4.9 million people

Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

More information

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