Overall Green Earthquake alert in China on 29 Jan 2024 22:27 UTC

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M 5.7 in China on 29 Jan 2024 22:27 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:	5.7M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	41.1867 , 78.7155
Event Date:	29 Jan 2024 22:27 UTC 30 Jan 2024 06:27 Local
Exposed Population:	Few people affected (in MMI>=VII)
Source:	NEIC us7000luuy
Inserted at:	29 Jan 2024 22:47 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score:	3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0.5		0.5
us7000luuy	Scaled population (raster)	1.41
	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
1549967		0.5	29 Jan 2024 22:27	5.7M, 10km	6.83	436 (in MMI>=VII)		00:19	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
	5900 people
	46000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date shake (UTC)	Delay (hh:mm)
1	0.5	1549967	78.716/41.187	5.7	10	6.932	29 Jan 2024 22:50	00:22	(new episode)
2	0.5	1549967	78.716/41.187	5.7	10	6.931	29 Jan 2024 23:04	00:36	(upd of #1)
3	0.5	1549967	78.716/41.187	5.7	10	6.931	30 Jan 2024 00:32	02:05	(upd of #2)
4	0.5	1549967	78.716/41.187	5.7	10	6.931	30 Jan 2024 22:40	1d 00:13	(upd of #3)

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Xinjiang	China	no people
Xinjiang	China	5500 people
Xinjiang	China	54000 people
Issyk-Kul'	Kyrgyzstan	no people
Xinjiang	China	1.4 million people
Issyk-Kul'	Kyrgyzstan	<1000 people
Naryn	Kyrgyzstan	<1000 people
Xinjiang	China	12000 people
Issyk-Kul'	Kyrgyzstan	19000 people
Naryn	Kyrgyzstan	<1000 people
Alma-Ata	Kazakhstan	14000 people
Bishkek	Kyrgyzstan	<1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
O-ta-le	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	4 km
Hulangshan	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	25 km
A-ho-chi	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	33 km
Wushi	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	43 km
Akqi	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	58 km
Subexi	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	75 km
Kalpin	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	78 km
Ha-la-chi	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	78 km
Akyar	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	83 km
Kara-Say	Issyk-Kul	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	84 km
A-ko-ya	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	91 km
Aqal	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	92 km
Okorni-Togak	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	98 km
Ya-te-pa	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	107 km
Tu-mu-hsiu-ko	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	107 km
Yijianfang	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	111 km
Shajingzi	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	114 km
Wensu	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	City	-	128 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	-	139 km
Sanchakou	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	141 km
Shengli Qichang	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	145 km
Qarbag	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	148 km
Mu-sa-man-miao	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	150 km
Awat	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	153 km
Sha-mu-pa-shih	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	155 km
Ha-la-ta	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	156 km
Bachu	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	City	-	156 km
Xakur	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	159 km
Bokonbayvo	Issyk-Kul	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	176 km
Bol'shevik	Issyk-Kul	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	184 km
Kongurolëng	Issyk-Kul	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	199 km
Karakoo	Issyk-Kul	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	208 km
Tekes	Almaty (Oblysy)	Kazakhstan	Village	-	213 km
Ul'gili	Almaty (Oblysy)	Kazakhstan	Village	-	227 km

see full list

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
	Aksu	AKU	1071				0	132 km
	Wensu		1155				0	132 km

More information

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