M 5.8 in Taiwan on 10 May 2024 07:45 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: 5.8M
Depth: 10.8 Km
Lat/Lon: 24.191 , 121.8995
Event Date: 10 May 2024 07:45 UTC
10 May 2024 15:45 Local
Exposed Population: 2 thousand in MMI VI
Source: NEIC us6000mxpi
Inserted at: 10 May 2024 08:05 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
3.6 (Taiwan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000mxpi Scaled population (vector) 0  
  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
1570174 0 10 May 2024 07:45 5.8M, 10.8km 5.82 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 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.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in Taiwan , Province of Taiwan (population 5,917) . The nearest places are Ao-hua, T'ieh-chia-lung-she, Hsin-ch'eng, Nan-ao, Ta-shan, Chiu-wu-t'a, Hua-lien, Chi-chia-yang, Su-ao, Ch'u-yin, and Pan-ch'iao.

Radius Population
100 km 3.7 million people
75 km 630000 people
50 km 270000 people
20 km 5400 people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Taiwan Taiwan 5900 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Ao-hua I-lan Taiwan Village - 24 km
T'ieh-chia-lung-she Hua-lien Taiwan City - 27 km
Hsin-ch'eng Hua-lien Taiwan City - 28 km
Nan-ao I-lan Taiwan City - 33 km
Ta-shan Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 36 km
Chiu-wu-t'a I-lan Taiwan Village - 37 km
Hua-lien Hua-lien Taiwan Major city - 39 km
Chi-chia-yang I-lan Taiwan Village - 42 km
Su-ao I-lan Taiwan City - 45 km
Ch'u-yin Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 46 km
Lo-shao Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 47 km
Jung-shu Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 48 km
Chia-li-wan I-lan Taiwan Village - 55 km
Feng-shan Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 56 km
Shui-lien Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 57 km
A-li-shih I-lan Taiwan Village - 57 km
Kuan-yüan Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 58 km
Mi-lo Hsin-chu Taiwan Village - 59 km
Wan-shan-t'ang Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 60 km
Tu-chang I-lan Taiwan Village - 61 km
Yü-lan I-lan Taiwan Village - 62 km
Feng-lin Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 63 km
Chieh-hsiao-ts'un T'ai-chung Taiwan Village - 63 km
Chia-lu-lan Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 65 km
Sung-pai T'ai-chung Taiwan Village - 65 km
I-lan I-lan Taiwan Major city - 66 km
Chiu-hsiung-lin I-lan Taiwan Village - 68 km
Feng-kuang Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 68 km
Chien-fan Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 69 km
Pan-ch'iao T'ai-pei Taiwan Major city - 99 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 34 km
9 0 62 km
Lishan LHN unknown 0 70 km
Lung Tan 241 Civ. Paved No 3200 99 km

Ports

Name LOCODE Country Distance
Hualien TWHUN Taiwan 36 km
Suao TWSUO Taiwan 46 km

Dams

Reservoir Dam Name River Year Distance
Guguan Dajiaxi 1961 90 km
Shihmen Tahan 1964 95 km

More information

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