M 4.6 in China on 20 Sep 2014 21:14 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 1040166
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 30.14 Km
Lat/Lon: 23.53 , 121.58
Event Date: 20 Sep 2014 21:14 UTC
21 Sep 2014 05:14 Local
Exposed Population:
916699 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Sep 2014 00:48 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 233 | About casualties: 13 | Last hour: 0

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Japón desarrolla un programa para imprimir mapas 3D para invidentesWed, 24 Sep 2014 08:17:00 +0200.

Tendrá las vías en relieve con un milímetro de altura para que puedan ser detectadas fácilmente con los dedos
Menkeu: Identifikasi Aset Negara Mirip "Tsunami"Wed, 24 Sep 2014 07:52:00 +0200.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Menteri Keuangan (Menkeu) M Chatib Basri mengatakan, pekerjaan Direktorat Jenderal Kekayaan Negara (DJKN) dalam mengidentifikasi aset negara atau barang milik negara (BMN) masih relatif baru. Sebab, dirinya tahu persis
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Software en Japón permite crear mapas 3D para ciegosWed, 24 Sep 2014 07:44:00 +0200.

Las autoridades cartográficas de Japón han anunciado la creación de un software que permitirá descargar datos de Internet y producir, con una impresora 3D, mapas para invidentes de toda la geografía del país con un coste económico....

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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),