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.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1468479 0 19 Oct 2022 04:35 5.5M, 8.598km 7.08 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:19 NEIC
1468640 0 19 Oct 2022 04:35 5.3M, 24.703km 5.84 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 21:51 NEIC
1469596 0 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 ,of Qinghai. The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
<1000 people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1468479 37.74/92.259 5.5 8.6 7.083 19 Oct 2022 04:57 00:21 (new episode)
2 0 1468479 37.74/92.259 5.5 8.6 7.083 19 Oct 2022 06:39 02:03 (upd of #1)
3 0 1468640 37.735/92.224 5.3 24.7 5.837 20 Oct 2022 02:40 22:04 (new episode)
4 0 1468640 37.735/92.224 5.3 24.7 5.837 20 Oct 2022 04:40 1d 00:04 (upd of #3)
5 0 1469596 37.739/92.222 5.2 27.2 5.52 25 Oct 2022 23:50 6d 19:14 (new episode)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Qinghai China no people
Qinghai China 1200 people
Qinghai China no people
Xinjiang China no people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Mangnai Qinghai China Village - 43 km
Ziliujing Qinghai China Village - 45 km
Youdunzi Qinghai China Village - 47 km
Tart Qinghai China Village - 98 km
Yiliping Qinghai China Village - 100 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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