Rapid Impact

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:	6.6M
Depth:	45 Km
Lat/Lon:	23 , 121.2
Event Date:	17 Sep 2022 13:41 UTC 17 Sep 2022 21:41 Local
Exposed Population:	250 thousand in MMI VI
Source:	PTWC pt22260001
Inserted at:	17 Sep 2022 13:55 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		Tsunami		GDACS score
PTWC	0		0		0
pt22260001	Scaled population (raster)	2.21	Max wave alert	0m
	C1 rapid impact	-0.59	Max wave realtime	0m
	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	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1462503	0.7	17 Sep 2022 13:41	6.5M, 10km	7.49	50 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	0m (at 00:00)	00:10	GEOFON
1462504	0	17 Sep 2022 13:41	6.6M, 45km	6.34	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	0m (at 00:00)	00:14	PTWC
1462505	0	17 Sep 2022 13:41	6.6M, 45km	6.34	N/A (in MMI>=VII)	0m (at 00:00)	00:16	NTWC
1462507	0.6	17 Sep 2022 13:41	6.6M, 10km	7.2	50 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	0.2m (at 00:01)	00:23	NEIC
1462511	0.5	17 Sep 2022 13:41	6.5M, 10km	7.25	30 thousand (in MMI>=VII)	0.3m (at 00:15)	00:52	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
	250000 people
	6.9 million people

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Population
	Taiwan	73000 people
	Taiwan	740000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	City class	Population	Distance
A-hou-liao	T'ai-tung	Village	-	7 km
Kuan-shan	T'ai-tung	Village	-	7 km
Ch'ing-hsi	T'ai-tung	Village	-	8 km
Shui-chui	T'ai-tung	Village	-	10 km
Tu-ho	T'ai-tung	Village	-	10 km
Yung-kang	T'ai-tung	Village	-	10 km
Hsin-i	T'ai-tung	Village	-	13 km
Ch'ih-shang	T'ai-tung	City	-	13 km
Fu-li	T'ai-tung	Village	-	20 km
Ch'u-lu	T'ai-tung	Village	-	20 km
Cheng-kung	T'ai-tung	City	-	21 km
Chi-hsing	T'ai-tung	Village	-	22 km
San Hsien Tai	T'ai-tung	City	-	26 km
Tai-tung	T'ai-tung	City	-	28 km
Ta-nan	T'ai-tung	Village	-	31 km
Wu-shih Pi	T'ai-tung	City	-	33 km
Cho-ch'ing-ts'un	Hua-lien	Village	-	34 km
Chien-ho	T'ai-tung	Village	-	36 km
Yü-li	Hua-lien	City	-	39 km
Chia-tsou-wan Pi	T'ai-tung	City	-	43 km
T'ai-kao-li	Hua-lien	Village	-	45 km
Nan-liao	T'ai-tung	Village	-	45 km
La-chia	T'ai-tung	Village	-	47 km
Fu-hsing	Kao-hsiung	Village	-	48 km
Tai-ma	T'ai-tung	Village	-	48 km
Hai-shen-p'ing	T'ai-tung	Village	-	49 km
San-li	Hua-lien	Village	-	50 km
Ko-la	Kao-hsiung	Village	-	51 km
Sung-pu	Hua-lien	Village	-	51 km
Tun-na-tsun	Kao-hsiung	Village	-	52 km
Pao-shan-ts'un	Kao-hsiung	Village	-	52 km
Chang-yüan	Hua-lien	Village	-	54 km
Ch'ü-nu	P'ing-tung	Village	-	55 km
Lao-nung	Kao-hsiung	Village	-	56 km
P'ai-wan-she	P'ing-tung	Village	-	58 km
Chin-lun	T'ai-tung	Village	-	58 km
Ta-lo-ma	Hua-lien	Village	-	58 km
Chieh-ta-ts'un	T'ai-tung	Village	-	58 km
Ta-chiang-k'ou	Hua-lien	Village	-	58 km
Min-sheng-ts'un	Kao-hsiung	Village	-	59 km
Shih-ti-ping	Hua-lien	City	-	61 km
K'o-la-p'a-yang	T'ai-tung	Village	-	62 km
Shao-t'an-k'eng	Kao-hsiung	Village	-	63 km
Fu-min	Hua-lien	Village	-	64 km
Chia-hsien-pu	Kao-hsiung	Village	-	65 km
Hsia-ta-chi	T'ai-tung	Village	-	65 km
San-ti	P'ing-tung	Village	-	66 km
Ch'ang-jung-ts'un	P'ing-tung	Village	-	66 km
Chia-jui-pu	P'ing-tung	Village	-	66 km
Tung-pu	Nan-t'ou	Village	-	68 km
Ta-pang	Chia-i	Village	-	69 km
Mei-nung	Kao-hsiung	Village	-	70 km
Ta-pu	Chia-i	Village	-	71 km
Chih-chih-ya-she	Chia-i	Village	-	73 km
Hsiao-chung-lin	P'ing-tung	Village	-	73 km
Kuo-chiang-tzu	P'ing-tung	Village	-	77 km
Hsin-wu-hsia	P'ing-tung	Village	-	79 km
Tung-ning	P'ing-tung	Village	-	80 km
Ping-tung	P'ing-tung	Major city	-	83 km
Chao-chou	P'ing-tung	City	-	85 km
Wan-tan	P'ing-tung	Village	-	87 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
Taitung	TTT	37	Mil.	Paved	No	11000	23 km
Feng Nin		42	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7900	29 km
Green Island	GNI	8	Civ.	Paved	No	3300	45 km
Pingtung North		29	Mil.	Paved	No	8000	81 km
Pingtung South		24	Mil.	Paved	Yes	7800	84 km

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Distance
	Tai Tung		31 km

More information

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