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
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 1.5 1.5
us7000lsze Scaled population (raster) 2.98  
  C1 rapid impact -0.37  
  C2 rapid impact 0.76  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.82  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

The green area correspond to areas affected by strong shaking (MMI VI or higher) according to the simulation.


Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1548714 1.5 22 Jan 2024 18:09 7M, 27.4km 7.11 10 thousand (in MMI>=VII) N/A 00:17 NEIC
1548715 1.5 22 Jan 2024 18:09 7M, 13km 7.36 20 thousand (in MMI>=VII) N/A 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.

Rapid Impact

The results presented below are calculated with the ShakeMap open source software (USGS) using only earthquake hypocenter information to provide a rapid estimation of the ground motion and shaking intensity without taking into account any instrumental observations or earthquake source scaling laws.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in China ,of Xinjiang (population 16,794,560) . The alertlevel for this event is ORANGE

Intensity Population
13000 people
280000 people
1.9 million people

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Xinjiang China 20000 people
Xinjiang China 310000 people
Issyk-Kul' Kyrgyzstan <1000 people
Naryn Kyrgyzstan no people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
O-ta-le Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 20 km
Hulangshan Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 37 km
A-ho-chi Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 41 km
Wushi Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 54 km
Akqi Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 59 km
Kara-Say Issyk-Kul Kyrgyzstan Village - 69 km
Kalpin Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 92 km
Akyar Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 93 km
Aqal Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 108 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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