Overall Orange Earthquake alert in China from 22 Jan 2024 18:09 UTC to 18:09

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M 7 in China from 22 Jan 2024 18:09 UTC to 18:09

Hazard models

Rapid Impact

Shakemap

Tsunami

Event summary

This earthquake is expected to have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Earthquake Magnitude:	7.0M
Glide number:	EQ-2024-000004-CHN
Depth:	27.4 Km
Lat/Lon:	41.2938 , 78.5937
Event Date:	22 Jan 2024 18:09 UTC 23 Jan 2024 02:09 Local
Exposed Population:	30 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Source:	NEIC us7000lsze
Inserted at:	22 Jan 2024 18:26 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score	4.5 (Kyrgyzstan)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries:	Kyrgyzstan= 4.5; China= 3.6

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	1.8		1.8
us7000lsze	Scaled population (raster)	3.36
	C1 shakemap	-0.48
	C2 shakemap	0.64
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1.75

Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1548714		1.8	22 Jan 2024 18:09	7M, 27.4km	7.25	30 thousand (in MMI>=VII)		00:17	NEIC
1548715		1.9	22 Jan 2024 18:09	7M, 13km	8.39	50 thousand (in MMI>=VII)		00:39	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 , Autonomous Region of Xinjiang. The nearest places are O-ta-le, Kulansarak, Hulangshan, A-ho-chi, Wushi, Outch-tourfan, Akshiyrak, Akqi, and Kara-Say.

Radius	Population
100 km	280000 people
75 km	170000 people
50 km	53000 people
20 km	no people
10 km	no people
5 km	no people
2 km	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Xinjiang	China	no people
Issyk-Kul'	Kyrgyzstan	<1000 people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
O-ta-le	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	20 km
Kulansarak	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	33 km
Hulangshan	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	37 km
A-ho-chi	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	41 km
Wushi	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	54 km
Outch-tourfan	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	58 km
Akshiyrak	Issyk-Kul	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	59 km
Akqi	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	59 km
Kara-Say	Issyk-Kul	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	69 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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