Overall Green Earthquake alert in Taiwan on 03 Apr 2024 00:43 UTC

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M 5.5 in Taiwan on 03 Apr 2024 00:43 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:	5.5M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	23.9598 , 121.5954
Event Date:	03 Apr 2024 00:43 UTC 03 Apr 2024 08:43 Local
Exposed Population:	90 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Source:	NEIC us7000m9gm
Inserted at:	03 Apr 2024 01:02 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000m9gm	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 shakemap	-0.37
	C2 shakemap	0.76
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0.82

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1562650		0	03 Apr 2024 00:43	5.5M, 10km	6.87	90 thousand (in MMI>=VII)		00:18	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 166,382) . The nearest places are Hua-lien, Ch'u-yin, Ta-shan, Jung-shu, Feng-shan, Hsin-ch'eng, Shui-lien, T'ieh-chia-lung-she, Feng-lin, Wan-shan-t'ang, and Tai-chung.

Radius	Population
100 km	3.5 million people
75 km	400000 people
50 km	250000 people
20 km	210000 people
10 km	190000 people
5 km	130000 people
2 km	37000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Taiwan	China	170000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Hua-lien	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Major city	-	2 km
Ch'u-yin	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	6 km
Ta-shan	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	8 km
Jung-shu	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	10 km
Feng-shan	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	16 km
Hsin-ch'eng	Hua-lien	Taiwan	City	-	19 km
Shui-lien	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	20 km
T'ieh-chia-lung-she	Hua-lien	Taiwan	City	-	22 km
Feng-lin	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	23 km
Wan-shan-t'ang	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	28 km
Chia-lu-lan	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	28 km
Feng-kuang	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	29 km
Chien-fan	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	29 km
Lo-shao	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	32 km
Kuan-yüan	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	36 km
Sha-lao	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	37 km
Chung-hu	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	41 km
Feng-pin	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	41 km
Ching-kuan	Nan-t'ou	Taiwan	Village	-	41 km
Ao-hua	I-lan	Taiwan	Village	-	44 km
Sung-pai	T'ai-chung	Taiwan	Village	-	47 km
Chieh-shou-t'ing	Nan-t'ou	Taiwan	Village	-	48 km
Hung-hsiang	T'ai-chung	Taiwan	Village	-	49 km
Fu-min	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	50 km
Chi-chia-yang	I-lan	Taiwan	Village	-	51 km
Chieh-hsiao-ts'un	T'ai-chung	Taiwan	Village	-	53 km
Tzu-yüan	Nan-t'ou	Taiwan	Village	-	54 km
Shih-ti-ping	Hua-lien	Taiwan	City	-	54 km
Chiu-wu-t'a	I-lan	Taiwan	Village	-	55 km
Ta-lo-ma	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	56 km
Ta-chiang-k'ou	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	57 km
Mi-lo	Hsin-chu	Taiwan	Village	-	57 km
Ka-sha	Nan-t'ou	Taiwan	Village	-	60 km
Ch'ing-shan	T'ai-chung	Taiwan	Village	-	60 km
Nan-ao	I-lan	Taiwan	City	-	60 km
Chia-fei-yüan	T'ai-chung	Taiwan	Village	-	60 km
Chang-yüan	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	62 km
Sung-pu	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	62 km
Tao-k'eng	Nan-t'ou	Taiwan	Village	-	62 km
San-li	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	64 km
Lieh-k'o-ni	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	64 km
Pu-li	Nan-t'ou	Taiwan	Village	-	65 km
Shih-tzu-t'ou	T'ai-chung	Taiwan	Village	-	67 km
Yu-chih	Nan-t'ou	Taiwan	Village	-	68 km
Ha-lung-t'ai	T'ai-chung	Taiwan	Village	-	68 km
T'ai-kao-li	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	69 km
Tu-chang	I-lan	Taiwan	Village	-	69 km
I-lan	I-lan	Taiwan	Major city	-	91 km
Nan-tou	Nan-t'ou	Taiwan	Major city	-	94 km
Fweng-yüan	T'ai-chung	Taiwan	Major city	-	95 km
Tai-chung	T'ai-chung Shih	Taiwan	Major city	-	96 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
Hualien	HUN	16	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9000	8 km
Lishan	LHN	unknown				0	50 km
Sun Moon Lake	SMT	unknown				0	68 km
		9				0	87 km
Taichung	TXG	112	Mil.	Paved	Yes	5300	99 km

Ports

Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
Hualien	TWHUN	Taiwan	4 km
Suao	TWSUO	Taiwan	76 km

Dams

Reservoir	Dam Name	River	Year	Distance
	Guguan	Dajiaxi	1961	65 km
	Mingteh	Houlung	1970	100 km

More information

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