M 5.2 in China on 16 Sep 2017 10:11 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 1121589
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 42.1936 , 83.5216
Event Date: 16 Sep 2017 10:11 UTC
16 Sep 2017 18:11 Local
Exposed Population:
390000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 16 Sep 2017 10:33 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000ap0r Scaled population (vector) 4.85  
  C1 earthquake 1.39  
  C2 earthquake -0.24  
  Country Vulnerability 0.26  
  INFORM_normalised 0.82  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 386 | About casualties: 28 | Last hour: 0

New Zealand shaken by large tremors just hours after Mexico City earth ... Wed, 20 Sep 2017 09:49:00 +0200.

. Tremors from the New Zealand earthquake were felt as far away as Wellington (Picture: Google) New Zealand was struck by several large tremors just hours after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck Mexico City killing at least 248 people incl
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Cronologie: Cele mai puternice cutremure care au zguduit Pământul în 2 ... Wed, 20 Sep 2017 09:49:00 +0200.

Cel puțin 248 de persoane, inclusiv 21 de copii, au murit la 19 septembrie 2017 în urma unui seism violent cu magnitudinea de 7,1 care s-a produs în centrul Mexicului, resimțit inclusiv în capitala acestei țări, la exact 32 de ani după cutr
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FAKTA: Klodens fem kraftigste jordskælvWed, 20 Sep 2017 09:47:00 +0200.

Et af de mest dødelige jordskælv i nyere tid ramte i 2004 og udløste tsunami, der dræbte næsten 230.000. Et kraftigt jordskælv med en beregnet størrelse på 7,1 ramte tirsdag Mexico. Flere end 200 personer har mistet livet, og der ledes ons
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Fortissima scossa di terremoto anche in Nuova Zelanda, magnitudo 6.1Wed, 20 Sep 2017 09:40:00 +0200.

Un fortissimo terremoto, quando in Italia erano le 3.43 del mattino, di magnitudo 6,1, é stato registrato in Nuova Zelanda , 250 chilometri a sud-ovest di Auckland Island - al largo della costa meridionale della Nuova Zelanda - ad una profo
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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),