M 5.9 in China on 22 Nov 2014 08:55 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 1043609
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.9M
Depth: 14.55 Km
Lat/Lon: 30.34 , 101.72
Event Date: 22 Nov 2014 08:55 UTC
22 Nov 2014 16:55 Local
Exposed Population: Less than 100 people in MMI VII
470000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 22 Nov 2014 10:24 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usb000syy0 Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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Strong quake in west China kills 4; 54 hurt 11/23/2014 7:11:00 AM.

A strong earthquake that hit a sparsely populated, mountainous area of western China killed at least four people and injured 54 others, including schoolchildren in a stampede, officials said Sunday. The U.S. Geological Survey said the magni
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Woman Killed in Earthquake in China 11/23/2014 7:11:00 AM.

A 70-year-old woman was killed and 15 people were injured in a 5.9 magnitude earthquake in western China. The earthquake continued for a number of seconds and led to the collapse of at least two homes.
Strong quake in west China kills 4; 54 hurt 11/23/2014 7:07:00 AM.

BEIJING (AP) — A strong earthquake that hit a sparsely populated, mountainous area of western China killed at least four people and injured 54 others, including schoolchildren in a stampede, officials said Sunday. The U.S. Geological Survey
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

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),