Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude:	6.6M
Glide number:	EQ-2022-000303-CHN
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	29.7263 , 102.279
Event Date:	05 Sep 2022 04:52 UTC 05 Sep 2022 12:52 Local
Exposed Population:	Less then 100 people in MMI VIII 20 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Source:	NEIC us7000i59t
Inserted at:	05 Sep 2022 05:14 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		GDACS score
NEIC	1.5		1.5
us7000i59t	Scaled population (raster)	3.03
	C1 rapid impact	-0.37
	C2 rapid impact	0.76
	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

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1460213		1.5	05 Sep 2022 04:52	6.5M, 10km	6.94	20 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	N/A	00:08	GEOFON
1460216		1.5	05 Sep 2022 04:52	6.6M, 10km	7.04	20 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	N/A	00:21	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 China ,of Sichuan (population 118,811,800) . The alertlevel for this event is ORANGE

Intensity	Population
	20000 people
	110000 people
	1.1 million people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Sichuan	China	59000 people
Sichuan	China	200000 people
Sichuan	China	790000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Detuo	Sichuan	China	Village	-	18 km
Yidong	Sichuan	China	Village	-	21 km
Luding	Sichuan	China	City	-	22 km
Sipingchang	Sichuan	China	Village	-	36 km
Han-yuan-chieh	Sichuan	China	City	-	37 km
Jiuxiangzhen	Sichuan	China	Village	-	42 km
Liu-yang	Sichuan	China	Village	-	45 km
Huatan	Sichuan	China	Village	-	50 km
Shimian	Sichuan	China	City	-	54 km
Yingjing	Sichuan	China	City	-	55 km
Hanyuan	Sichuan	China	City	-	57 km
Tianquan	Sichuan	China	City	-	60 km
Shih-yang	Sichuan	China	City	-	63 km
Yaan	Sichuan	China	City	110000 people	75 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
	Jiajiang		396				0	127 km

More information

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