M 5.6 in China on 23 Jan 2022 02:21 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: 5.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.4832 , 97.3963
Event Date: 23 Jan 2022 02:21 UTC
23 Jan 2022 10:21 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI VII
Few people affected (in MMI>=VII)
Source: NEIC us7000gebb
Inserted at: 23 Jan 2022 03:07 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity of the alert score: 3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.2 0.2
us7000gebb Scaled population (raster) 0.9  
  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
1422713 0 23 Jan 2022 02:21 5.3M, 10km N/A 20 thousand (in 100km) 00:15 NEIC
1422718 0.2 23 Jan 2022 02:21 5.6M, 10km 7.71 less than 100 (in MMI>=VII) 00:46 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 Qinghai (population 14) . The alertlevel for this event is GREEN

Intensity Population
<1000 people
<1000 people
<1000 people


Shakemaps Timeline

AlertShake id #ScoreepisodeidLat/LonMagnitudeDepthMax MMIDate shake (UTC)Delay (hh:mm) 
1 0 1422718 38.483/97.396 5.6 10.0 6.82 23 Jan 2022 03:10 00:49 (new episode)
2 0 1422718 38.484/97.397 5.6 10.0 6.815 23 Jan 2022 03:26 01:05 (upd of #1)
3 0 1422718 38.484/97.397 5.6 10.0 6.815 23 Jan 2022 04:24 02:03 (upd of #2)
4 0 1422718 38.484/97.397 5.6 10.0 6.815 24 Jan 2022 02:40 1d 00:19 (upd of #3)
5 0.2 1422718 38.484/97.397 5.6 10.0 7.711 28 Jan 2022 07:51 5d 05:30 (upd of #4)

Affected Provinces

Intensity Region Province Country Population
Qinghai China <1000 people
Qinghai China <1000 people
Qinghai China <1000 people
Qinghai China 82000 people
Gansu China 2600 people

Affected populated places. Areas of interest

Intensity Name Region Province Country City class Population Distance
Tuole Qinghai China Village - 95 km
Delingha Qinghai China City - 124 km
Zelinggou Qinghai China Village - 129 km
Delingha Nongchang Qinghai China City - 131 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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