M 6 in China on 19 Jan 2020 13:27 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters
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: 6.0M
Depth: 6.28 Km
Lat/Lon: 39.8309 , 77.1064
Event Date: 19 Jan 2020 13:27 UTC
19 Jan 2020 21:27 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI VIII
1340000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us60007anp
Inserted at: 20 Jan 2020 20:07 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 4.5 (China)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries: Kyrgyzstan= 4.5; China= 3.6

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 1.7 1.7
us60007anp Scaled population (raster) 3.34  
  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

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1291089 0.5 19 Jan 2020 13:27 5.8M, 10km N/A 1.4 million (in 100km) 00:20 NEIC
1291090 1.5 19 Jan 2020 13:27 5.9M, 10km 7.26 10 thousand (in MMI>=VII) 00:50 NEIC
1291119 1.5 19 Jan 2020 13:27 6M, 11km 7.27 20 thousand (in MMI>=VII) 01:53 NEIC
1291292 1.7 19 Jan 2020 13:27 6M, 6.28km 7.54 20 thousand (in MMI>=VII) 1d 06:39 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.

Exposed population

The earthquake happened in China ,of Xinjiang (population 6,272) . The alertlevel for this event is ORANGE

Intensity Population
<1000 people
25000 people
110000 people
320000 people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 1.5 1291090 39.814/77.098 5.8 10.0 7.201 19 Jan 2020 13:58 00:30 (new episode)
2 1.5 1291090 39.835/77.091 5.9 10.0 7.26 19 Jan 2020 14:05 00:37 (upd of #1)
3 1.5 1291090 39.835/77.091 5.9 10.0 7.26 19 Jan 2020 14:18 00:50 (upd of #2)
4 1.5 1291119 39.875/77.153 6.0 11.0 7.266 19 Jan 2020 15:20 01:53 (new episode)
5 1.5 1291119 39.875/77.153 6.0 11.0 7.266 19 Jan 2020 15:33 02:05 (upd of #4)
6 1.5 1291119 39.875/77.153 6.0 11.0 7.266 20 Jan 2020 13:33 1d 00:05 (upd of #5)
7 1.7 1291292 39.831/77.106 6.0 6.3 7.536 20 Jan 2020 20:07 1d 06:39 (new episode)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Xinjiang China 25000 people
Xinjiang China 100000 people
Xinjiang China 310000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
A-ko-to Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 39 km
Ya-to-pi Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 41 km
Jih-mu-pi-li Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 48 km
Jiashi Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 50 km
Ya-man-ya-erh Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 69 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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