M 5.7 in China on 29 Jan 2024 22:27 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 1412689
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 41.1867 , 78.7155
Event Date: 29 Jan 2024 22:27 UTC
30 Jan 2024 06:27 Local
Exposed Population: Few people affected (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 29 Jan 2024 22:47 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
us7000luuy Scaled population (raster) 1.41  
  C1 shakemap -0.37  
  C2 shakemap 0.76  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.82  
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China - Earthquake (ECHO 30 Jan 2024)Tue, 30 Jan 2024 10:58

  • An earthquake of 5.7 M at a depth of 10 km occurred in Aheqi county, Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, north-western China, on 29 January at 22.27 UTC (30 January at 6.27 local time). The epicentre was located approximately 122 km west-northwest of Aykol City, Xinjiang Province.
  • USGS PAGER estimates that up to 7,000 people were exposed to strong shaking.
  • According to media there are no immediate reports of any impact. However, a 7.0 M earthquake hit the same area on 22 January and resulted in six fatalities and more than 100 damaged/collapsed houses.
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2),