M 6.4 in Taiwan on 03 Apr 2024 00:11 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: 6.4M
Depth: 12.6 Km
Lat/Lon: 24.0639 , 121.6717
Event Date: 03 Apr 2024 00:11 UTC
03 Apr 2024 08:11 Local
Exposed Population: 190 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Source: NEIC us7000m9gc
Inserted at: 03 Apr 2024 01:15 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0.7 0.1 0.1
us7000m9gc Scaled population (raster) 3.83 Max wave alert 0.18m  
  C1 rapid impact -0.59 Max wave realtime 0.18m  
  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
1562641 0.9 03 Apr 2024 00:11 6.5M, 11.8km 7.28 210 thousand (in MMI>=VII) 0.3m (at 00:08) 00:15 NEIC
1562657 0.7 03 Apr 2024 00:11 6.4M, 12.6km 6.79 130 thousand (in MMI>=VII) 0.2m (at 00:07) 01:04 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
130000 people
100000 people
500000 people

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Taiwan China 57000 people
Taiwan China 110000 people
Taiwan China 330000 people
Taiwan China 230000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Hsin-ch'eng Hua-lien Taiwan City - 8 km
Ta-shan Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 9 km
T'ieh-chia-lung-she Hua-lien Taiwan City - 11 km
Hua-lien Hua-lien Taiwan Major city - 12 km
Ch'u-yin Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 19 km
Jung-shu Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 21 km
Lo-shao Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 28 km
Feng-shan Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 30 km
Ao-hua I-lan Taiwan Village - 30 km
Shui-lien Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 33 km
Feng-lin Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 37 km
Chia-lu-lan Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 42 km
Feng-kuang Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 42 km
Sung-pai T'ai-chung Taiwan Village - 47 km
Nan-ao I-lan Taiwan City - 47 km
Mi-lo Hsin-chu Taiwan Village - 51 km
Sha-lao Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 51 km
Feng-pin Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 54 km
Su-ao I-lan Taiwan City - 61 km
Fu-min Hua-lien Taiwan Village - 64 km
I-lan I-lan Taiwan Major city - 78 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 7 km
Lishan LHN unknown 0 51 km
9 0 75 km
Hsinchu HSZ 8 Civ. Paved Yes 12000 112 km

Ports

Intensity Name LOCODE Country Distance
Hualien TWHUN Taiwan 10 km
Suao TWSUO Taiwan 62 km

More information

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