M 5.5 in China on 24 Jan 2020 22:56 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: 5.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 31.9814 , 95.0103
Event Date: 24 Jan 2020 22:56 UTC
25 Jan 2020 06:56 Local
Exposed Population: About 1000 people in MMI
130000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us60007f7v
Inserted at: 25 Jan 2020 00:59 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us60007f7v Scaled population (raster) 0  
  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
1292139 0 24 Jan 2020 22:56 5.5M, 10km 6.76 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 02:03 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 385) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
1100 people
5200 people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1292139 31.981/95.01 5.5 10.0 6.765 24 Jan 2020 23:22 00:26 (new episode)
2 0 1292139 31.981/95.01 5.5 10.0 6.765 25 Jan 2020 00:59 02:03 (upd of #1)
3 0 1292139 31.981/95.01 5.5 10.0 6.765 25 Jan 2020 22:58 1d 00:02 (upd of #2)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Xizang China <1000 people
Xizang China 4600 people
Xizang China 12000 people
Qinghai China <1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Ka'ngai Xizang (Tibet) China Village - 22 km

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Critical infrastructure

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

More information

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