M 7 in China on 22 Jan 2024 18:09 UTC

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
Depth: 13 Km
Lat/Lon: 41.2689 , 78.649
Event Date: 22 Jan 2024 18:09 UTC
23 Jan 2024 02:09 Local
Exposed Population: 50 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Source: NEIC us7000lsze
Inserted at: 22 Jan 2024 18:48 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 1.9 1.9
us7000lsze Scaled population (raster) 3.66  
  C1 shakemap -0.37  
  C2 shakemap 0.76  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.82  
  Score no CC 2410  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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Episode Timeline

IDLevelScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*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 ,of Xinjiang (population 16,794,560) . The alertlevel for this event is ORANGE

Intensity Population
<1000 people
49000 people
160000 people
2.5 million people


Shakemaps Timeline

LevelShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 1.8 1548714 78.594/41.294 7 27.4 7.386 22 Jan 2024 18:28 00:19 (new episode)
2 1.7 1548715 78.649/41.269 7 13 7.703 22 Jan 2024 18:52 00:42 (new episode)
3 1.9 1548715 78.649/41.269 7 13 8.571 22 Jan 2024 20:07 01:58 (upd of #2)
4 1.9 1548715 78.649/41.269 7 13 8.571 22 Jan 2024 20:12 02:03 (upd of #3)
5 1.9 1548715 78.649/41.269 7 13 8.571 23 Jan 2024 18:40 1d 00:31 (upd of #4)
6 1.9 1548715 78.649/41.269 7 13 8.531 30 Jan 2024 00:53 7d 06:44 (upd of #5)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Xinjiang China no people
Xinjiang China <1000 people
Xinjiang China 74000 people
Issyk-Kul' Kyrgyzstan no people
Xinjiang China 170000 people
Issyk-Kul' Kyrgyzstan <1000 people
Naryn Kyrgyzstan no people
Xinjiang China 1.5 million people
Issyk-Kul' Kyrgyzstan 74000 people
Naryn Kyrgyzstan <1000 people
Alma-Ata Kazakhstan 1.1 million people
Xinjiang China 1.4 million people
Issyk-Kul' Kyrgyzstan 210000 people
Naryn Kyrgyzstan <1000 people
Alma-Ata Kazakhstan 2.4 million people
Taldy Kurgan Kazakhstan <1000 people


Critical infrastructure

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

Airports

Intensity Name IATA Code Elevation (m) Usage Runway type IFR Runway Length (ft) Distance
Pokroyka / Ozero Issyk Kul 2438 0 131 km
Aksu AKU 1071 0 138 km
Wensu 1155 0 138 km
Przhevalsk 1702 0 139 km
Pokroyka / Ozero Issyk Kul 2438 0 131 km
Tamga 1695 0 134 km
Przhevalsk 1702 0 139 km
1607 0 166 km
Kegen 2134 0 199 km
914 0 206 km
Almaty ALA 674 Civ. Paved Yes 14400 267 km
Alma Ata North 655 0 272 km
Alma Ata Northwest 732 0 273 km
Zakirovskiy 884 0 276 km

Nuclear Facilities

Site Name Type Name Country Distance
Site-Almaty (Alma-Ata) Research reactor WWR-K Almaty Kazakhstan 260 km
Site-Almaty (Alma-Ata) Research reactor WWR-K CF Kazakhstan 260 km

More information

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