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:	5.9M
Depth:	8 Km
Lat/Lon:	23.6497 , 121.4839
Event Date:	20 Jun 2022 01:05 UTC 20 Jun 2022 09:05 Local
Exposed Population:	About 10000 people in MMI 10 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Source:	NEIC us7000him8
Inserted at:	20 Jun 2022 05:25 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	3.6 (Taiwan)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		GDACS score
NEIC	0.3		0.3
us7000him8	Scaled population (raster)	3.07
	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

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1449480		0.5	20 Jun 2022 01:05	6M, 10km	7.31	30 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	N/A	00:22	NEIC
1449512		0.3	20 Jun 2022 01:05	5.9M, 8km	7.2	20 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	N/A	04:20	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
	18000 people
	46000 people
	220000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Taiwan	China	19000 people
Taiwan	China	30000 people
Taiwan	China	250000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Sha-lao	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	4 km
Feng-pin	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	6 km
Chia-lu-lan	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	8 km
Feng-kuang	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	12 km
Fu-min	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	15 km
Shui-lien	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	17 km
Feng-lin	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	18 km
Shih-ti-ping	Hua-lien	Taiwan	City	-	19 km
Ta-lo-ma	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	20 km
Ta-chiang-k'ou	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	21 km
Feng-shan	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	23 km
Sung-pu	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	26 km
Chang-yüan	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	26 km
San-li	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	28 km
T'ai-kao-li	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	33 km
Ch'u-yin	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	33 km
Jung-shu	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	35 km
Chia-tsou-wan Pi	T'ai-tung	Taiwan	City	-	37 km
Hua-lien	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Major city	-	38 km
Yü-li	Hua-lien	Taiwan	City	-	39 km
Ta-shan	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	44 km
Cho-ch'ing-ts'un	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	45 km
Wu-shih Pi	T'ai-tung	Taiwan	City	-	47 km
Hsin-ch'eng	Hua-lien	Taiwan	City	-	55 km
San Hsien Tai	T'ai-tung	Taiwan	City	-	56 km
Tao-k'eng	Nan-t'ou	Taiwan	Village	-	58 km
T'ieh-chia-lung-she	Hua-lien	Taiwan	City	-	58 km
Fu-li	T'ai-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	58 km
Tung-pu	Nan-t'ou	Taiwan	Village	-	58 km
Pa-she-pu	Nan-t'ou	Taiwan	Village	-	60 km
Lo-shao	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	62 km
Yu-chih	Nan-t'ou	Taiwan	Village	-	63 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	44 km
	Sun Moon Lake	SMT	unknown				0	62 km

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
	Hualien	TWHUN	Taiwan	40 km

More information

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