M 6.3 in China on 25 Jun 2020 21:05 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters
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: 6.3M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.5956 , 82.3785
Event Date: 25 Jun 2020 21:05 UTC
26 Jun 2020 05:05 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI VII
About 10000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us7000abmk
Inserted at: 26 Jun 2020 21:09 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000abmk Scaled population (raster) 0.6  
  C1 shakemap -0.37  
  C2 shakemap 0.76  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.82  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1317709 0 25 Jun 2020 21:05 6.4M, 10km 7.32 less than 100 (in MMI>=VII) 1d 00:04 NEIC
1318092 0 25 Jun 2020 21:05 6.3M, 10km 7.2 less than 100 (in MMI>=VII) 1d 00:04 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.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in China ,of Xizang (population 29) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
<1000 people
<1000 people
2000 people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0.3 1317709 35.628/82.452 6.4 10.0 7.496 25 Jun 2020 21:34 00:29 (new episode)
2 0.1 1317709 35.628/82.452 6.4 10.0 7.319 25 Jun 2020 23:36 02:31 (upd of #1)
3 0 1317709 35.628/82.452 6.4 10.0 7.319 26 Jun 2020 21:09 1d 00:04 (upd of #2)
4 0 1318092 35.596/82.378 6.3 10.0 7.196 27 Jun 2020 23:34 2d 02:29 (new episode)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Xizang China <1000 people
Xizang China <1000 people
Xinjiang China <1000 people
Xizang China <1000 people
Xinjiang China 1200 people


Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

More information

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