M 6.7 in Mongolia on 11 Jan 2021 21:32 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1251188
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 51.2402 , 100.4374
Event Date: 11 Jan 2021 21:32 UTC
12 Jan 2021 05:32 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI VII
About 19000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 11 Jan 2021 22:28 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
5.1 (Mongolia)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Mongolia= 5.1; Russia= 4.6

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000d7ix Scaled population (raster) 1  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Mongolia - Earthquake (ECHO 12 Jan 2021)Tue, 12 Jan 2021 02:00

  • On 11 January at 21.32 UTC, a 6.7 M earthquake at a depth of 10 km occurred in Lake Khövsgöl (northern Mongolia). The epicentre was located approximately 35 km south-west of Turt Community (Mongolia), and 55 km from the border with Russia.
  • USGS PAGER estimates that up to 4,000 people were exposed to strong shaking, and up to 13,000 people were exposed to moderate shaking. 
  • According to media, the event caused some property damage across the area. There are no immediate reports of fatalities.
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Latest media headlines

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Frozen Lake Khuvsgul ice cracks during strong earthquakeThu, 14 Jan 2021 15:34:00 +0100.

A strong 6.7-magnitude ea rthquake has struck a lake near the Russia-Mongolia border.The quake was felt across northern Mongolia and woke people in the capital, Ulaanbaatar There were no immediate reports of injuries. Cracks appeared not on
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4.2 magnitude earthquake reported in Mongolia after strong oneWed, 13 Jan 2021 07:58:00 +0100.

AKIPRESS.COM - A 4.2 magnitude earthquake was reported in Khankh soum, Khuvsgul aimag at 07:47 am, January 13. This is the aftershock of the magnitude 6.5 earthquake that occurred at 05:32 am on January 12, according to the Institute of Ast
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Mongolia - Earthquake (GDACS, USGS, media) (ECHO Daily Flash of 12 Jan ... Tue, 12 Jan 2021 15:02:00 +0100.

Country: Mongolia Source: European Commission's Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations On 11 January at 21.32 UTC, a 6.7 M earthquake at a depth of 10 km occurred in Lake Khövsgöl (northern Mongoli
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Earthquake shakes Khuvsgul ProvinceTue, 12 Jan 2021 12:36:00 +0100.

Earlier today (12 January), a significant earthquake occurred in the north of Mongolia. The 6.5 magnitude quake took place at h as 05:32 a.m.; the epicentre was in the Khankh S oum (rural district) of Khuvsgul P rovince which borders with R
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),