M 6.5 in China on 08 Aug 2017 13:19 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 1118804
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 33.2171 , 103.8432
Event Date: 08 Aug 2017 13:19 UTC
08 Aug 2017 21:19 Local
Exposed Population: About 1000 people in MMI
510000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 08 Aug 2017 13:40 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.8 0.8
us2000a5x1 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 2009 | About casualties: 502 | Last hour: 0

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Flooding concerns return to northeastern IndiaSat, 12 Aug 2017 12:51:00 +0200.

Once again, parts of northeastern India, along with Nepal, Bhutan, and Bangladesh, are facing more flooding as monsoon rain threatens to cause the rivers in the region to overflow. The intensity of the rainfall in recent days has been remar
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Kim Jong Un 'crazy as typhoons' but not as scary, say Guam residentsSat, 12 Aug 2017 12:49:00 +0200.

Guam residents say that if given the choice they would rather face the wrath of "crazy" Kim Jong Un than the power of a typhoon, as they count down towards a threatened North Korean missile attack. As Pyongyang's deadline drew closer, the a
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un 'crazy as typhoons' but not as scary: ... Sat, 12 Aug 2017 12:45:00 +0200.

HAGATNA (UNITED STATES): Guam residents say that if given the choice they would rather face the wrath of "crazy" Kim Jong Un than the power of a typhoon, as they count down towards a threatened North Korean missile attack. As Pyongyang's de
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),