M 5.2 in China on 13 Aug 2016 08:29 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 1091770
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 21.07 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.7255 , 101.5785
Event Date: 13 Aug 2016 08:29 UTC
13 Aug 2016 16:29 Local
Exposed Population:
968482 people within 100km
Inserted at: 13 Aug 2016 08:51 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006djc Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 589 | About casualties: 21 | Last hour: 0

Byen forsvant sporløst under havet. Her gjør de utrolige funnWed, 17 Aug 2016 07:56:00 +0200.

(Dagbladet): Få hadde hørt om byen Thonis Heracleion. Det var før de bemerkelsesverdige funnene som har skjedd i løpet av de siste årene. Se videoen over. Byen ble grunnlagt for rundt 2 700 år siden, omtrent 24 kilometer fra byen Alexandria
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Dansker fanget i massepanik i lufthavn: Det var som en tsunamiWed, 17 Aug 2016 07:36:00 +0200.

Frygten for at en terrorhandling var i gang, fik søndag aften flere tusinde mennesker til at gå i panik i New York-lufthavnen JFK. En af dem, der oplevede hændelsen, var danske Sofie Frederikke Bjarnø Hagman, der netop var landet i lufthavn
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Des inondations ont fait sept morts et un disparu dans le nord-ouest d ... Wed, 17 Aug 2016 07:04:00 +0200.

XI'AN, 17 août (Xinhua) -- Sept personnes ont été tuées et un enfant est porté disparu après que plusieurs véhicules ont été emportés par des crues dans la province chinoise du Shaanxi (nord-ouest). Les inondations se sont produites lundi d
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Hong Kong Observatory issues No 1 typhoon signal as tropical depressio ... Wed, 17 Aug 2016 06:54:00 +0200.

. The standby typhoon signal No 1 was issued for Hong Kong at 11.30am Wednesday as a tropical depression appeared to be forming over the coastal waters of nearby western Guangdong province. Winds over the city were expected to strengthen g
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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),