Overall Green Earthquake alert in Taiwan Region from 10 Oct 2022 19:24 UTC to 19:24

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M 5.7 in Taiwan Region from 10 Oct 2022 19:24 UTC to 19:24

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:	5.7M
Depth:	17.901 Km
Lat/Lon:	23.9334 , 122.2898
Event Date:	10 Oct 2022 19:24 UTC 11 Oct 2022 03:24 Local
Exposed Population:	730 thousand in MMI IV
Source:	NEIC us6000isjn
Inserted at:	10 Oct 2022 19:44 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000isjn	Scaled population (raster)	0
	C1 shakemap	-0.59
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

ID	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1466972	10 Oct 2022 19:24	5.7M, 17.901km	4	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	00:19	NEIC
1468214	10 Oct 2022 19:24	5.5M, 19.882km	3.93	710 thousand (in 100km)	6d 21:11	NEIC
1468220	10 Oct 2022 19:24	5.5M, 15km	3.83	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	6d 21:55	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 ,of Taiwan (population 471,305) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity	Population
	no people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	1466972	23.933/122.29	5.7	17.9	4.005	10 Oct 2022 19:48	00:23	(new episode)
2	1466972	23.933/122.29	5.7	17.9	4.004	10 Oct 2022 19:57	00:32	(upd of #1)
3	1466972	23.933/122.29	5.7	17.9	4.004	10 Oct 2022 21:30	02:05	(upd of #2)
4	1466972	23.933/122.29	5.7	17.9	4.004	11 Oct 2022 19:40	1d 00:15	(upd of #3)
5	1468220	23.93/122.284	5.5	15.0	3.83	17 Oct 2022 23:50	7d 04:25	(new episode)

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Country	Population
	Taiwan	China	470000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Hsin-ch'eng	Hua-lien	Taiwan	City	-	70 km
Hua-lien	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Major city	-	70 km
T'ieh-chia-lung-she	Hua-lien	Taiwan	City	-	70 km
Ta-shan	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	72 km
Ao-hua	I-lan	Taiwan	Village	-	72 km
Shui-lien	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	76 km
Ch'u-yin	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	76 km
Nan-ao	I-lan	Taiwan	City	-	78 km
Jung-shu	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	80 km
Chia-lu-lan	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	80 km
Feng-shan	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	82 km
Su-ao	I-lan	Taiwan	City	-	86 km
Feng-lin	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	87 km
Kubura	Okinawa	Japan	Village	-	89 km
Feng-kuang	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	89 km
Lo-shao	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	91 km
I-lan	I-lan	Taiwan	Major city	-	107 km

see full list

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
	Hualien	HUN	16	Civ.	Paved	Yes	9000	69 km
			9				0	104 km

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
	Hualien	TWHUN	Taiwan	67 km
	Suao	TWSUO	Taiwan	86 km

Nuclear plants

Intensity	Name	Country	Reactors	Distance
	LUNG-MEI	TAIWAN	2	79 km

More information

For a full list of available products related to this event, please refer to the GDACS Resources page.

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