Overall Green Earthquake alert in China on 08 Dec 2016 05:15 UTC

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M 5.9 in China on 08 Dec 2016 05:15 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:	13.7 Km
Lat/Lon:	43.8159 , 86.3035
Event Date:	08 Dec 2016 05:15 UTC 08 Dec 2016 13:15 Local
Exposed Population:	950000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us20007z2r
Inserted at:	08 Dec 2016 05:36 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us20007z2r	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1149572		0	08 Dec 2016 05:15	5.9M, 13.7km	6.22	950 thousand (in 100km)		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.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in China , Autonomous Region of Xinjiang (population 16,794,560) . The nearest places are Quergou, Shitizi, Qingshuihezi, Tu-chl-li, Tung-ti, Po-lo-tung-ku, Manas, Shihezi, Miaorgou, Ching-hua, and Bei Har Modon.

Radius	Population
100 km	950000 people
75 km	570000 people
50 km	55000 people
20 km	3900 people
10 km	1200 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Xinjiang	China	16.8 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Quergou	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	18 km
Shitizi	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	24 km
Qingshuihezi	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	24 km
Tu-chl-li	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	46 km
Tung-ti	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	49 km
Po-lo-tung-ku	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	53 km
Manas	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	City	-	54 km
Shihezi	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	City	570000 people	58 km
Miaorgou	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	60 km
Ching-hua	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	62 km
Hutubi	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	City	-	63 km
Bei Har Modon	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	65 km

see full list

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
Shihezi Highway Strip H P		485				0	57 km
Changji		719				0	64 km

More information

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