M 5.6 in Mongolia on 17 Jan 2022 15:04 UTC

Hazard models

EQ parameters
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: 5.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 44.8127 , 95.087
Event Date: 17 Jan 2022 15:04 UTC
17 Jan 2022 22:04 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI VI
3 thousand in 100km
Source: NEIC us7000gcmh
Inserted at: 17 Jan 2022 15:25 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score
5.1 (Mongolia)
INFORM Coping capacity of the affected contries: Mongolia= 5.1; China= 3.6

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000gcmh Scaled population (raster) 2.95  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

Episode Timeline

IDAlertScoreDateMag, DepthMMI*Population**Tsunami risk***Delay (hh:mm)Source
1421703 0 17 Jan 2022 15:04 5.6M, 10km 6.85 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 00:20 NEIC
1421710 0 17 Jan 2022 15:04 5.5M, 10km 5.94 N/A (in MMI>=VII) 01:45 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 Mongolia , Province of Govi-Altay (population 72,438) . The nearest places are Bayan Oboo, and Altaï.

Radius Population
100 km 2500 people
75 km <1000 people
50 km <1000 people
20 km no people
10 km no people
5 km no people
2 km no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province Country Population
Govi-Altay Mongolia 72000 people

Affected populated places

Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Bayan Oboo Govi-Altay Mongolia Village - 26 km
Altaï Govi-Altay Mongolia Village - 29 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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