M 5.5 in China on 04 Feb 2018 14:10 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 1133269
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 9.48 Km
Lat/Lon: 24.1355 , 121.7578
Event Date: 04 Feb 2018 14:10 UTC
04 Feb 2018 22:10 Local
Exposed Population: 4560000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 04 Feb 2018 14:57 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000cfns Scaled population (vector) -8  
  C1 shakemap -0.37  
  C2 shakemap 0.76  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.82  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 1090 | About casualties: 196 | Last hour: 0

'Get down, find cover, stay still' in earthquake: ...Thu, 08 Feb 2018 13:52:00 +0100.

Taipei, Feb. 8 (CNA) During an earthquake the most important thing to do is protect one's head, the National Fire Agency (NFA) advised, adding that everyone should remember to "get down, find cover and stay still." Yang Yen-he (楊豔禾), sectio
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Taiwan earthquake death toll rises to 9Thu, 08 Feb 2018 13:49:00 +0100.

Agencies HUALIEN, Taiwan. The death toll from Taiwan's massive earthquake has risen to nine, officials say, as rescuers race against the clock to reach trapped survivors. According to the rescue authorities, 265 people are injured and 62 re
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Endonezya’da 5,3 büyüklüğünde depremThu, 08 Feb 2018 13:44:00 +0100.

Endonezya'nın Sumatra Adası'nda bulunan Açe eyaletinde 5,3 büyüklüğünde deprem meydana geldi. Endonezya Meteoroloji, İklim ve Jeofizik Kurumu (BMKG), merkez üssü Batı Açe bölgesinin 26 kilometre kuzeydoğusunda olan depremin 10 kilometre der
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Los equipos de salvamento rescatan a la mayoría de los desaparecidos t ... Thu, 08 Feb 2018 13:09:00 +0100.

el pasado martes, por lo que a terremoto de 6,4 grados en la escala Richter que sacudió la isla hora quedan ocho personas desaparecidas . En las últimas horas y apremiados por el peligro de que nuevos temblores puedan causar más derrumbamie
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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),