M 6 in Taiwan on 22 Apr 2024 18:32 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: 6.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 23.8672 , 121.5385
Event Date: 22 Apr 2024 18:32 UTC
23 Apr 2024 02:32 Local
Exposed Population: 20 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Source: NEIC us6000mt0s
Inserted at: 22 Apr 2024 18:51 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 3.6 (Taiwan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.7 0.7
us6000mt0s Scaled population (raster) 3.93  
  C1 rapid impact -0.59  
  C2 rapid impact 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.82  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

The green area correspond to areas affected by strong shaking (MMI VI or higher) according to the simulation.


Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1566578 0.7 22 Apr 2024 18:32 6M, 10km 7.46 120 thousand (in MMI>=VII) N/A 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.

Rapid Impact

The results presented below are calculated with the ShakeMap open source software (USGS) using only earthquake hypocenter information to provide a rapid estimation of the ground motion and shaking intensity without taking into account any instrumental observations or earthquake source scaling laws.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Taiwan ,of Taiwan (population 22,456,987) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
120000 people
120000 people
38000 people

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Population
Taiwan 27000 people
Taiwan 150000 people
Taiwan 15000 people
Taiwan 490000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province City class Population Distance
Feng-shan Hua-lien Village - 6 km
Ch'u-yin Hua-lien Village - 9 km
Shui-lien Hua-lien Village - 9 km
Jung-shu Hua-lien Village - 12 km
Feng-lin Hua-lien Village - 12 km
Hua-lien Hua-lien Major city - 14 km
Feng-kuang Hua-lien Village - 17 km
Chia-lu-lan Hua-lien Village - 18 km
Ta-shan Hua-lien Village - 19 km
Sha-lao Hua-lien Village - 26 km
Feng-pin Hua-lien Village - 30 km
Hsin-ch'eng Hua-lien City - 31 km
T'ieh-chia-lung-she Hua-lien City - 34 km
Fu-min Hua-lien Village - 38 km
Lo-shao Hua-lien Village - 39 km
Shih-ti-ping Hua-lien City - 43 km
Ta-lo-ma Hua-lien Village - 44 km
Ta-chiang-k'ou Hua-lien Village - 46 km
Chang-yüan Hua-lien Village - 50 km
Sung-pu Hua-lien Village - 51 km
Sung-pai T'ai-chung Village - 52 km
San-li Hua-lien Village - 52 km
Ao-hua I-lan Village - 55 km
Tao-k'eng Nan-t'ou Village - 57 km
T'ai-kao-li Hua-lien Village - 57 km
Pu-li Nan-t'ou Village - 60 km
Chia-tsou-wan Pi T'ai-tung City - 61 km
Yu-chih Nan-t'ou Village - 62 km
Yü-li Hua-lien City - 63 km
Shih-tzu-t'ou T'ai-chung Village - 63 km
Pa-she-pu Nan-t'ou Village - 64 km
Mi-lo Hsin-chu Village - 65 km
Ha-lung-t'ai T'ai-chung Village - 68 km
Cho-ch'ing-ts'un Hua-lien Village - 69 km
Ch'e-ch'eng Nan-t'ou Village - 69 km
Shui-li Nan-t'ou Village - 71 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Intensity Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Hualien HUN 16 Civ. Paved Yes 9000 19 km
Lishan LHN unknown 0 54 km
Sun Moon Lake SMT unknown 0 62 km

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Distance
Hualien TWHUN 16 km

Dams

Intensity Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Guguan Dajiaxi 1961 65 km

More information

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