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:	6.5M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	23.0962 , 121.4059
Event Date:	17 Sep 2022 13:41 UTC 17 Sep 2022 21:41 Local
Exposed Population:	About 9000 people in MMI 20 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Source:	NEIC us7000i8ui
Inserted at:	17 Sep 2022 14:33 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	3.6 (Taiwan)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		Tsunami		GDACS score
NEIC	0.5		0.2		0.3
us7000i8ui	Scaled population (raster)	3.42	Max wave alert	0.25m
	C1 rapid impact	-0.59	Max wave realtime	0.25m
	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
	27000 people
	130000 people
	3.3 million people

Affected Provinces

Intensity	Region Province	Population
	Taiwan	30000 people
	Taiwan	160000 people
	Taiwan	1.4 million people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	City class	Population	Distance
Cheng-kung	T'ai-tung	City	-	5 km
San Hsien Tai	T'ai-tung	City	-	7 km
Hsin-i	T'ai-tung	Village	-	12 km
Wu-shih Pi	T'ai-tung	City	-	15 km
Ch'ing-hsi	T'ai-tung	Village	-	16 km
Tu-ho	T'ai-tung	Village	-	18 km
Fu-li	T'ai-tung	Village	-	19 km
Shui-chui	T'ai-tung	Village	-	20 km
Ch'ih-shang	T'ai-tung	City	-	22 km
Chia-tsou-wan Pi	T'ai-tung	City	-	25 km
Kuan-shan	T'ai-tung	Village	-	26 km
Cho-ch'ing-ts'un	Hua-lien	Village	-	27 km
Yü-li	Hua-lien	City	-	28 km
A-hou-liao	T'ai-tung	Village	-	30 km
T'ai-kao-li	Hua-lien	Village	-	32 km
Yung-kang	T'ai-tung	Village	-	34 km
Chang-yüan	Hua-lien	Village	-	36 km
Sung-pu	Hua-lien	Village	-	38 km
San-li	Hua-lien	Village	-	38 km
Chi-hsing	T'ai-tung	Village	-	41 km
Ta-chiang-k'ou	Hua-lien	Village	-	41 km
Ch'u-lu	T'ai-tung	Village	-	42 km
Shih-ti-ping	Hua-lien	City	-	43 km
Ta-lo-ma	Hua-lien	Village	-	44 km
Tai-tung	T'ai-tung	City	-	46 km
Nan-liao	T'ai-tung	Village	-	47 km
Hai-shen-p'ing	T'ai-tung	Village	-	50 km
Fu-min	Hua-lien	Village	-	52 km
Ta-nan	T'ai-tung	Village	-	53 km
Chien-ho	T'ai-tung	Village	-	56 km
Feng-pin	Hua-lien	Village	-	57 km
Sha-lao	Hua-lien	Village	-	62 km
Fu-hsing	Kao-hsiung	Village	-	64 km
Chia-jui-pu	P'ing-tung	Village	-	89 km
Kuo-chiang-tzu	P'ing-tung	Village	-	101 km
Hsin-wu-hsia	P'ing-tung	Village	-	102 km
Tung-ning	P'ing-tung	Village	-	103 km
Ping-tung	P'ing-tung	Major city	-	106 km
Chao-chou	P'ing-tung	City	-	109 km
Wan-tan	P'ing-tung	Village	-	111 km
Hsin-p'i	P'ing-tung	Village	-	113 km
T'ien-ch'ien-ts'o	P'ing-tung	Village	-	118 km
Wu-lung	P'ing-tung	City	-	119 km
Hsin-chuang-li	Kao-hsiung	Village	-	119 km
Kang-shan	Kao-hsiung	City	-	121 km
Ts'ao-t'un	Nan-t'ou	Village	-	123 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	41 km
Green Island	GNI	8	Civ.	Paved	No	3300	47 km
Feng Nin		42	Civ.	Paved	Yes	7900	49 km
Pingtung North		29	Mil.	Paved	No	8000	104 km
Pingtung South		24	Mil.	Paved	Yes	7800	108 km
Kangshan		10	Mil.	Paved	No	7500	122 km

Ports

Intensity	Name	LOCODE	Distance
	Tai Tung		52 km

More information

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