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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
Glide number:	EQ-2024-000004-CHN
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 (Rapid Impact)		GDACS score
NEIC	1.5		1.5
us7000lsze	Scaled population (raster)	3.01
	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

ID	Alert	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	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
	15000 people
	170000 people
	1.6 million people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Xinjiang	China	14000 people
Xinjiang	China	200000 people
Issyk-Kul'	Kyrgyzstan	<1000 people
Naryn	Kyrgyzstan	no people
Xinjiang	China	410000 people
Issyk-Kul'	Kyrgyzstan	120000 people
Naryn	Kyrgyzstan	<1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
O-ta-le	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	15 km
Hulangshan	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	34 km
A-ho-chi	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	39 km
Wushi	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	49 km
Akqi	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	60 km
Kara-Say	Issyk-Kul	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	75 km
Subexi	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	84 km
Akyar	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	88 km
Kalpin	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	88 km
A-ko-ya	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	98 km
Aqal	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	103 km
Ya-te-pa	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	106 km
Tu-mu-hsiu-ko	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	110 km
Shajingzi	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	123 km
Pokrovka	Issyk-Kul	Kyrgyzstan	City	-	130 km
Dzhangyz-Uryuk	Issyk-Kul	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	131 km
Darknan	Issyk-Kul	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	132 km
Aksu	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	City	330000 people	135 km
Po-shih-te-min	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	138 km
Orlinoye	Issyk-Kul	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	147 km
Koysara	Issyk-Kul	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	150 km
Mikhaylovka	Issyk-Kul	Kyrgyzstan	Village	8900 people	151 km
Nikolaevskoye	Issyk-Kul	Kyrgyzstan	Village	-	160 km
Jih-mu-pi-li	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	160 km
Tyup	Issyk-Kul	Kyrgyzstan	City	13000 people	163 km
Ya-to-pi	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	172 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
	Pokroyka / Ozero Issyk Kul		2438				0	131 km
	Przhevalsk		1702				0	139 km

More information

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