Overall Green Earthquake alert in China on 18 Apr 2019 05:01 UTC

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M 6.1 in China on 18 Apr 2019 05:01 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:	6.1M
Depth:	20 Km
Lat/Lon:	23.9888 , 121.6934
Event Date:	18 Apr 2019 05:01 UTC 18 Apr 2019 13:01 Local
Exposed Population:	130000 people in MMI 1420000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us700038c1
Inserted at:	18 Apr 2019 06:27 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	3.6 (Taiwan)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us700038c1	Scaled population (vector)	3.87
	C1 shakemap	-0.59
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.82

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1256977		0.7	18 Apr 2019 05:01	6M, 10km	6.97	130 thousand (in MMI>=VII)		00:19	NEIC
1256985		0	18 Apr 2019 05:01	6.1M, 20km	6.32	130 thousand (in MMI>=VII)		01:26	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 Taiwan (population 42,986) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	130000 people
	85000 people
	500000 people
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	0.6	1256977	24.066/121.688	6.0	10.0	6.776	18 Apr 2019 05:23	00:22	(new episode)
2	0.7	1256977	24.066/121.688	6.0	10.0	6.968	18 Apr 2019 05:55	00:53	(upd of #1)
3	0.7	1256985	24.066/121.688	6.0	10.0	6.968	18 Apr 2019 06:27	01:26	(new episode)
4	0	1256985	23.989/121.693	6.1	20.0	5.965	18 Apr 2019 06:32	01:31	(upd of #3)
5	0	1256985	23.989/121.693	6.1	20.0	5.965	18 Apr 2019 07:05	02:04	(upd of #4)
6	0	1256985	23.989/121.693	6.1	20.0	6.319	18 Apr 2019 15:38	10:37	(upd of #5)
7	0	1256985	23.989/121.693	6.1	20.0	6.325	19 Apr 2019 05:05	1d 00:04	(upd of #6)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Taiwan	China	43000 people
Taiwan	China	130000 people
Taiwan	China	100000 people
Taiwan	China	5.4 million people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Ta-shan	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	12 km
Hsin-ch'eng	Hua-lien	Taiwan	City	-	17 km
Hua-lien	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Major city	-	10 km
Ch'u-yin	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	17 km
T'ieh-chia-lung-she	Hua-lien	Taiwan	City	-	19 km
Jung-shu	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	20 km
Feng-shan	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	26 km
Shui-lien	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	27 km
Feng-lin	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	33 km
Lo-shao	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	35 km
Feng-kuang	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	37 km
Ao-hua	I-lan	Taiwan	Village	-	38 km
Chia-lu-lan	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	35 km
Sha-lao	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	45 km
Feng-pin	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	47 km
Sung-pai	T'ai-chung	Taiwan	Village	-	53 km
Nan-ao	I-lan	Taiwan	City	-	55 km
Fu-min	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	58 km
Mi-lo	Hsin-chu	Taiwan	Village	-	59 km
Shih-ti-ping	Hua-lien	Taiwan	City	-	60 km
Ta-lo-ma	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	63 km
Tu-chang	I-lan	Taiwan	Village	-	69 km
Su-ao	I-lan	Taiwan	City	-	69 km
Yü-lan	I-lan	Taiwan	Village	-	76 km
I-lan	I-lan	Taiwan	Major city	-	86 km
Pan-ch'iao	T'ai-pei	Taiwan	Major city	-	113 km
Yuan Lin	Chang-hua	Taiwan	City	-	116 km
Taipei	T'ai-pei Chuan-Shih	Taiwan	Capital	2.5 million people	117 km
Ho-mel	Chang-hua	Taiwan	City	-	123 km
Ta-t'u-t'ou	Chang-hua	Taiwan	Village	-	125 km
Lu-kang	Chang-hua	Taiwan	City	-	129 km
Tai-tung	T'ai-tung	Taiwan	City	-	148 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
Hualien	HUN	16	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9000	9 km
Lishan	LHN	unknown				0	56 km
		9				0	83 km
Sungshan	TSA	6	Civ.	Paved	Yes	8500	121 km
Highway Strip 206		23				0	123 km
Feng Nin		42	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7900	150 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Hualien	TWHUN	Taiwan	7 km
Suao	TWSUO	Taiwan	70 km
Taichung	TWTXG	Taiwan	123 km

Dams

Intensity	Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
		Guguan	Dajiaxi	1961	73 km

More information

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