Overall Green Earthquake alert in China on 24 Jan 2020 22:56 UTC

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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.

Episode Timeline

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	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 , Autonomous Region of Xizang (population 2,433,427) . The nearest places are Xangzha, Ka'ngai, Chido, Pongda, Sêndo, Ya-an-to, Sêrca, Yangamdo, Padain, Rongbo, and Tung-pa.

Radius	Population
100 km	140000 people
75 km	77000 people
50 km	33000 people
20 km	5000 people
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Xizang	China	2.4 million people

Affected populated places

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
Xangzha	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	4 km
Ka'ngai	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	22 km
Chido	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	40 km
Pongda	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	41 km
Sêndo	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	42 km
Ya-an-to	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	54 km
Sêrca	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	55 km
Yangamdo	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	55 km
Padain	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	58 km
Rongbo	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	61 km
Se-cha	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	62 km
Gaxung	Qinghai	China	Village	-	63 km
Domba	Qinghai	China	Village	-	64 km
Dere	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	64 km
Denchen	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	64 km
Su-ti	Xizang (Tibet)	China	Village	-	64 km
Tung-pa	Qinghai	China	Village	-	67 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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