M 4.5 in Northern Xinjiang, China on 20 Oct 2014 03:57 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 1041736
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 14.55 Km
Lat/Lon: 44.02 , 88.33
Event Date: 20 Oct 2014 03:57 UTC
20 Oct 2014 11:57 Local
Exposed Population:
2056852 people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 Oct 2014 04:15 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 179 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

'son 5 Yılda 2.0'nin Üzerinde 100 Bin Deprem Meydana Geldi'Wed, 22 Oct 2014 15:01:00 +0200.

Cenk TOPCU/ZONGULDAK, () - BAŞBAKANLIK Afet ve Acil Durum Yönetimi Başkanlığı (AFAD) Deprem Dairesi Başkanı Murat Nurlu, Türkiye'de son 5 yılda 2 ve daha üstü büyüklüğünde 100 bin civarında deprem meydana geldiğini söyledi. Genel Maden...
Fukushima: comienzan a desmantelar el edificio del reactor 1Wed, 22 Oct 2014 13:31:00 +0200.

Iniciarán con el retiro de escombros como paso previo a la retirada del combustible presente en la pileta de almacenamiento que se acumuló allí luego del accidente nuclear de marzo de 2011.
Rising above the risk Americas first tsunami refugeWed, 22 Oct 2014 13:19:00 +0200.

Washington's coast is so close to the seismically active Cascadia Subduction Zone that if a megathrust earthquake were to occur, a tsunami would hit the Washington shoreline in just 25 minutes. ...
Insulele Hawaii, vulnerabile la producerea unui tsunami masivWed, 22 Oct 2014 12:52:00 +0200.

Insulele Hawaii ar putea fi lovite curand de un tsunami puternic, avertizeaza cercetatori americani, dupa ce au descoperit de curand urme ale unei mari acumulari de sedimente marine intr-o dolina din Hawaii.

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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),