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:	22.9716 , 121.2155
Event Date:	17 Sep 2022 14:45 UTC 17 Sep 2022 22:45 Local
Exposed Population:	About 3000 people in MMI 3 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Source:	NEIC us7000i8v9
Inserted at:	17 Sep 2022 15:04 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	3.6 (Taiwan)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us7000i8v9	Scaled population (raster)	1.49
	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
1462519		0	17 Sep 2022 14:45	5.5M, 10km	6.42	N/A (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
	35000 people
	130000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Taiwan	China	3500 people
Taiwan	China	29000 people
Taiwan	China	160000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Tu-ho	T'ai-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	8 km
Ch'ing-hsi	T'ai-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	8 km
A-hou-liao	T'ai-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	9 km
Yung-kang	T'ai-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	10 km
Kuan-shan	T'ai-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	11 km
Hsin-i	T'ai-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	12 km
Shui-chui	T'ai-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	13 km
Ch'ih-shang	T'ai-tung	Taiwan	City	-	16 km
Ch'u-lu	T'ai-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	18 km
Chi-hsing	T'ai-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	20 km
Cheng-kung	T'ai-tung	Taiwan	City	-	22 km
Fu-li	T'ai-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	22 km
Tai-tung	T'ai-tung	Taiwan	City	-	25 km
San Hsien Tai	T'ai-tung	Taiwan	City	-	27 km
Ta-nan	T'ai-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	30 km
Chien-ho	T'ai-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	34 km
Wu-shih Pi	T'ai-tung	Taiwan	City	-	34 km
Cho-ch'ing-ts'un	Hua-lien	Taiwan	Village	-	37 km
Yü-li	Hua-lien	Taiwan	City	-	41 km
Nan-liao	T'ai-tung	Taiwan	Village	-	42 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	20 km
Feng Nin		42	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7900	27 km
Green Island	GNI	8	Civ.	Paved	No	3300	42 km

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Country	Distance
	Tai Tung		Taiwan	29 km

More information

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