Overall Green Earthquake alert in China on 22 Jan 2024 23:19 UTC

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M 5.6 in China on 22 Jan 2024 23:19 UTC

Hazard models

Rapid Impact

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:	5.6M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	41.2186 , 78.724
Event Date:	22 Jan 2024 23:19 UTC 23 Jan 2024 07:19 Local
Exposed Population:	Few people affected (in MMI>=VII)
Source:	NEIC us7000lt29
Inserted at:	22 Jan 2024 23:38 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0.3		0.3
us7000lt29	Scaled population (raster)	1.04
	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

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	Tsunami risk***	Delay (hh:mm)	Source
1548744		0.3	22 Jan 2024 23:19	5.6M, 10km	6.76	less than 100 (in MMI>=VII)		00:18	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 GREEN

Intensity	Population
	<1000 people
	2000 people
	28000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	0.3	1548744	78.724/41.219	5.6	10	6.803	22 Jan 2024 23:42	00:22	(new episode)
2	0.3	1548744	78.724/41.219	5.6	10	6.803	23 Jan 2024 01:24	02:05	(upd of #1)
3	0.3	1548744	78.724/41.219	5.6	10	6.803	23 Jan 2024 23:40	1d 00:21	(upd of #2)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Xinjiang	China	no people
Xinjiang	China	3700 people
Xinjiang	China	37000 people
Issyk-Kul'	Kyrgyzstan	no people
Xinjiang	China	840000 people
Issyk-Kul'	Kyrgyzstan	<1000 people
Naryn	Kyrgyzstan	<1000 people
Xinjiang	China	10000 people
Issyk-Kul'	Kyrgyzstan	15000 people
Naryn	Kyrgyzstan	no people
Alma-Ata	Kazakhstan	3400 people
Bishkek	Kyrgyzstan	no people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
O-ta-le	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	7 km
Hulangshan	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	29 km
A-ho-chi	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	36 km
Wushi	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	42 km
Akqi	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	61 km
Subexi	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	78 km
Ha-la-chi	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	81 km
Kalpin	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	81 km
Akyar	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	82 km
Kara-Say	Issyk-Kul	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	83 km
A-ko-ya	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	91 km
Aqal	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	95 km
Okorni-Togak	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	96 km
Tu-mu-hsiu-ko	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	105 km
Yijianfang	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	114 km
Shajingzi	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	115 km
Aksu	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	City	330000 people	129 km
Po-shih-te-min	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	131 km
Bachu Yichang	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	142 km
Shengli Qichang	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	147 km
Kadzhi-Say	Issyk-Kul	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	165 km
Bokonbayvo	Issyk-Kul	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	175 km
Bol'shevik	Issyk-Kul	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	182 km
Tekes	Almaty (Oblysy)	Kazakhstan	Village	-	209 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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