M 4.8 in China on 21 Feb 2014 20:25 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 1026372
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 64.64 Km
Lat/Lon: 24.6106 , 121.616
Event Date: 21 Feb 2014 20:25 UTC
22 Feb 2014 04:25 Local
Exposed Population:
11167412 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Feb 2014 23:26 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
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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Meteo assessment
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 448 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

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Project for 100 houses in Vilifushi initiatedTue, 25 Feb 2014 16:50:00 +0100.

The Housing Ministry has begun a project to build 100 houses for the people of Vilifushi in Thaa atoll who were displaced by the 2004 tsunami.
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L'idea rivoluzionaria potrebbe radicalmente ridefinire l'edilizia moderna: case economiche, realizzate in tempi brevissimi, capaci di risollevare zone colpite da catastrofi ambientali. Ma anche insediamenti sulla Luna e su Marte.
Japón apuesta por energía nuclearTue, 25 Feb 2014 15:42:00 +0100.

El texto presentado hoy, que está previsto que sea aprobado por el Gabinete en marzo, señala que la energía nuclear es "una importante base energética" y defiende la reactivación de los reactores una vez que hayan superado los nuevos requis
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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 (41), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),