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
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.6 0.6
us7000m9gm Scaled population (raster) 3.74  
  C1 rapid impact -0.59  
  C2 rapid impact 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.82  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

The green area correspond to areas affected by strong shaking (MMI VI or higher) according to the simulation.


Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1562650 0.6 03 Apr 2024 00:43 5.5M, 10km 6.81 100 thousand (in MMI>=VII) N/A 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.

Rapid Impact

The results presented below are calculated with the ShakeMap open source software (USGS) using only earthquake hypocenter information to provide a rapid estimation of the ground motion and shaking intensity without taking into account any instrumental observations or earthquake source scaling laws.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in China ,of Taiwan (population 22,456,987) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
98000 people
120000 people
25000 people

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Taiwan China 160000 people
Taiwan China 11000 people
Taiwan China 24000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity 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
Chia-lu-lan Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 28 km
Feng-kuang Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 29 km
Lo-shao Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 32 km
Sha-lao Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 37 km
Ao-hua I-lan Taiwan Village - 44 km

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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 8 km

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Country Distance
Hualien TWHUN Taiwan 4 km

More information

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