Overall Green Earthquake alert in Mongolia on 11 Jan 2021 21:32 UTC

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M 6.8 in Mongolia on 11 Jan 2021 21:32 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 1251188
Earthquake Magnitude:	6.8M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	51.2407 , 100.4428
Event Date:	11 Jan 2021 21:32 UTC 12 Jan 2021 05:32 Local
Exposed Population:	Less than 100 people in MMI VII About 19000 people within 100km
Inserted at:	11 Jan 2021 21:55 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:	5.1 (Mongolia)
INFORM Coping capacity list:	Mongolia= 5.1; Russia= 4.6

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	Earthquake (Shakemap)		GDACS score
NEIC	0.1		0.1
us6000d7ix	Scaled population (raster)	1.36
	C1 shakemap	-0.59
	C2 shakemap	0.53
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	1

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Mongolia - Earthquake (ECHO 12 Jan 2021)Tue, 12 Jan 2021 02:00

On 11 January at 21.32 UTC, a 6.7 M earthquake at a depth of 10 km occurred in Lake Khövsgöl (northern Mongolia). The epicentre was located approximately 35 km south-west of Turt Community (Mongolia), and 55 km from the border with Russia.
USGS PAGER estimates that up to 4,000 people were exposed to strong shaking, and up to 13,000 people were exposed to moderate shaking.
According to media, the event caused some property damage across the area. There are no immediate reports of fatalities.

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