Overall Orange Earthquake alert in China on 19 Jan 2020 13:27 UTC

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M 5.9 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:	5.9M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	39.8354 , 77.0909
Event Date:	19 Jan 2020 13:27 UTC 19 Jan 2020 21:27 Local
Exposed Population:	About 14000 people in MMI 1370000 people within 100km
Source:	NEIC us60007anp
Inserted at:	19 Jan 2020 14:18 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	1.5		1.5
us60007anp	Scaled population (raster)	3.02
	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

ID	Score	Date	Mag, Depth	MMI*	Population**	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 786) . The alertlevel for this event is ORANGE

Intensity	Population
	15000 people
	86000 people
	280000 people

Shakemaps Timeline

Shake id #	Score	episodeid	Lat/Lon	Magnitude	Depth	Max MMI	Date 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

Region Province	Country	Population
Xinjiang	China	15000 people
Xinjiang	China	85000 people
Xinjiang	China	280000 people
Xinjiang	China	1.3 million people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Name	Region Province	Country	City class	Population	Distance
A-ko-to	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	38 km
Ya-to-pi	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	41 km
Jih-mu-pi-li	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	49 km
Jiashi	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	49 km
Ya-man-ya-erh	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	69 km
To-kai-erh-mai-tan	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	72 km
Yopurga	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	72 km
Artux	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	81 km
Xia Awart	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	83 km
Serikbuya	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	86 km
Han-nan-li-ko-pa-cha	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	87 km
Yang-ta-man	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	89 km
Wu-t-ai	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	96 km
Ta-ssu-tan	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	101 km
Shule	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	City	-	101 km
A-pa-tzu	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	110 km
Ch'ien-chin-san-ch'ang	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	113 km
Markit	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	114 km
Xamal	Xinjiang (Sinkiang)	China	Village	-	119 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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