M 5.5 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: 5.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 44.789 , 95.1305
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 16:49 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
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000gcmh Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.

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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 ,of Govi-Altay. The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
no people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1421710 44.813/95.087 5.6 10.0 6.85 17 Jan 2022 15:28 00:23 (new episode)
2 0 1421710 44.789/95.13 5.5 10.0 6.733 17 Jan 2022 16:53 01:48 (upd of #1)
3 0 1421710 44.789/95.13 5.5 10.0 6.733 17 Jan 2022 17:14 02:10 (upd of #2)
4 0 1421710 44.789/95.13 5.5 10.0 6.733 18 Jan 2022 15:40 1d 00:35 (upd of #3)
5 0 1421710 44.795/95.096 5.0 10.0 5.935 27 Jan 2022 07:50 9d 16:45 (upd of #4)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Govi-Altay Mongolia no people
Govi-Altay Mongolia <1000 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

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