M 5.9 in China on 07 Aug 2019 21:28 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: 5.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 24.475 , 121.9473
Event Date: 07 Aug 2019 21:28 UTC
08 Aug 2019 05:28 Local
Exposed Population: About 1000 people in MMI
9880000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us6000522g
Inserted at: 08 Aug 2019 21:33 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
3.6 (Taiwan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000522g Scaled population (raster) 1.58  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.82  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1268644 0 07 Aug 2019 21:28 5.9M, 10km 6.1 1 thousand (in MMI>=VII) 1d 00:05 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 , Province of Taiwan (population 22,456,987) . The nearest places are Nan-ao, Su-ao, Chia-li-wan, Ao-hua, Chiu-wu-t'a, A-li-shih, I-lan, Chi-chia-yang, Yü-lan, Chiu-hsiung-lin, and Tao-yüan.

Radius Population
100 km 9.9 million people
75 km 3.3 million people
50 km 460000 people
20 km 34000 people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Taiwan China 22.5 million people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Nan-ao I-lan Taiwan City - 15 km
Su-ao I-lan Taiwan City - 17 km
Chia-li-wan I-lan Taiwan Village - 27 km
Ao-hua I-lan Taiwan Village - 27 km
Chiu-wu-t'a I-lan Taiwan Village - 29 km
A-li-shih I-lan Taiwan Village - 34 km
I-lan I-lan Taiwan Major city - 38 km
Chi-chia-yang I-lan Taiwan Village - 39 km
Yü-lan I-lan Taiwan Village - 43 km
Chiu-hsiung-lin I-lan Taiwan Village - 44 km
Tou-cheng I-lan Taiwan City - 45 km
T'ieh-chia-lung-she Hua-lien Taiwan City - 47 km
Tu-chang I-lan Taiwan Village - 50 km
Hsin-ch'eng Hua-lien Taiwan City - 50 km
Chung-hsin-lun T'ai-pei Taiwan Village - 55 km
Hsiao-i T'ai-pei Taiwan Village - 56 km
Chia-na-mu-chih-she T'ai-pei Taiwan Village - 57 km
Mi-lo Hsin-chu Taiwan Village - 57 km
Lo-shao Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 59 km
Fu-lien T'ai-pei Taiwan Village - 60 km
Ta-shan Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 61 km
Ch'ia-la T'ao-yuan Taiwan Village - 61 km
Chang-k'ung-tzu T'ai-pei Taiwan Village - 61 km
Shuang-hsi T'ai-pei Taiwan Village - 62 km
Ch'ai-ch'iao-k'eng T'ai-pei Taiwan Village - 66 km
Hua-lien Hua-lien Taiwan Major city - 66 km
Chung-k'eng T'ai-pei Taiwan Village - 67 km
Chieh-hsiao-ts'un T'ai-chung Taiwan Village - 67 km
Hsin-tien T'ai-pei Chuan-Shih Taiwan City - 68 km
Hsiu-luan Hsin-chu Taiwan Village - 69 km
Pan-ch'iao T'ai-pei Taiwan Major city - 75 km
Taipei T'ai-pei Chuan-Shih Taiwan Capital 2.5 million people 76 km
Tao-yüan T'ao-yuan Taiwan Major city - 86 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
9 0 35 km
Hualien HUN 16 Civ. Paved Yes 9000 60 km
Sungshan TSA 6 Civ. Paved Yes 8500 77 km
Lishan LHN unknown 0 78 km
Pa Kuei 141 0 82 km
Lung Tan 241 Civ. Paved No 3200 83 km
Highway Strip 58 60 120 0 93 km
Taoyuan 45 Mil. Paved No 10000 96 km
Chiang Kai Shek International TPE 33 Civ. Paved Yes 12000 99 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Suao TWSUO Taiwan 17 km
Hualien TWHUN Taiwan 63 km
Keelung (Chilung) TWKEL Taiwan 76 km
Tan Shui Taiwan 96 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Shihmen Tahan 1964 80 km
Guguan Dajiaxi 1961 99 km

Nuclear plants

Name Country Reactors Distance
LUNG-MEI TAIWAN 2 24 km
KUOSHENG TAIWAN 2 87 km
CHIN SHAN TAIWAN 2 97 km

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