M 6.3 in China on 08 Aug 2017 23:27 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: 6.3M
Depth: 25.87 Km
Lat/Lon: 44.323 , 82.837
Event Date: 08 Aug 2017 23:27 UTC
09 Aug 2017 07:27 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI VI
430000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us2000a65e
Inserted at: 08 Aug 2017 23:47 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 3.7 (Kazakhstan)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries: Kazakhstan= 3.7; China= 3.6

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.6 0.6
us2000a65e Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1176745 0.6 08 Aug 2017 23:27 6.3M, 25.87km 5.88 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:19 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 ,of Xinjiang (population 43,834) . The alertlevel for this event is Green

Intensity Population
44000 people
170000 people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1176745 44.323/82.837 6.3 25.87 6.07 08 Aug 2017 23:54 00:26 (new episode)
2 0 1176745 44.323/82.837 6.3 25.87 5.78 09 Aug 2017 01:30 02:02 (upd of #1)
3 0 1176745 44.306/82.836 6.3 20 5.88 10 Aug 2017 21:02 1d 21:34 (upd of #2)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Xinjiang China 44000 people
Xinjiang China 170000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Jinghe Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China City - 32 km
Ching-ho Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 36 km
Shaquanzi Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 42 km
To-to Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 63 km
Pa-tu-lun Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 66 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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