M 6 in China on 19 Jan 2020 13:27 UTC
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: 11 Km
Lat/Lon: 39.8752 , 77.1528
Event Date: 19 Jan 2020 13:27 UTC
19 Jan 2020 21:27 Local
Exposed Population: About 15000 people in MMI
1220000 people within 100km
Source: NEIC us60007anp
Inserted at: 19 Jan 2020 15:20 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  
  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 12,286) . The alertlevel for this event is ORANGE

Intensity Population
16000 people
75000 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 12000 people
Xinjiang China 76000 people
Xinjiang China 170000 people
Xinjiang China 2 million people
Naryn Kyrgyzstan 2500 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
Yopurga Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 72 km
To-kai-erh-mai-tan Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 74 km
Xia Awart Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 82 km
Artux Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 82 km
Serikbuya Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 85 km
Han-nan-li-ko-pa-cha Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 87 km
Yang-ta-man Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 90 km
Wu-t-ai Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 95 km
Ta-ssu-tan Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 102 km
Shule Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China City - 102 km
Kashi Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China City 270000 people 104 km
A-pa-tzu Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 109 km
Ch'ien-chin-san-ch'ang Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 112 km
Markit Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 113 km
Sanchakou Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 114 km
Xamal Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 118 km
Bachu Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China City - 123 km
Ha-la-chi Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 131 km
Akqi Xinjiang (Sinkiang) China Village - 146 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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