M 4.5 in China on 15 Apr 2015 07:08 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 1052060
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 10.32 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.4686 , 104.0214
Event Date: 15 Apr 2015 07:08 UTC
15 Apr 2015 15:08 Local
Exposed Population:
9166321 people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 Apr 2015 07:41 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: 397 | About casualties: 16 | Last hour: 0

Peces de Japón 'navegan' hasta EU gracias al tsunami de 2011 00:07 Cie ... Sun, 19 Apr 2015 06:58:00 +0200.

PORTLAND, 19 de abril.- Los restos de una embarcación pesquera que al parecer fue arrastrada por el tsunami que tuvo lugar en 2011 en Japón transportó unos pasajeros inesperados hasta las costas de Oregon : varios peces que habitan aguas ja
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Minor tremors felt in Muscat, tsunami ruled outSun, 19 Apr 2015 01:16:00 +0200.

By Vinod Nair. A minor earthquake measuring around 3.5 on Richter Scale was said to be recorded on Saturday afternoon by the Seismological Centre of Sultan Qaboos University. The tremors were felt near the Sea of Oman and Iran but the Oman
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National › Fish in tsunami debris boat quarantined in U.S.Sun, 19 Apr 2015 00:16:00 +0200.

An Asian striped knifejaw is seen at the Oregon Coast Aquarium on April 14, 2015 in Newport, Ore. The wreckage of a fishing boat that appears to be debris from the 2011 Japanese tsunami was carrying some unexpected passengers, fish from Jap
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Japón: Peces "navegan" hasta EEUU gracias al tsunami de 2011Sat, 18 Apr 2015 23:48:00 +0200.

En 2013 biólogos encontraron cinco de estos peces vivos en una caja de carnada llena de agua en una embarcación japonesa de seis metros. Tokio . Los restos de una embarcación pesquera que al parecer fue arrastrada por el tsunami que tuvo l
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
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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),