M 5.6 in China on 23 Dec 2018 19:32 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 1166104
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 30.4977 , 87.7116
Event Date: 23 Dec 2018 19:32 UTC
24 Dec 2018 03:32 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI VI
About 44000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 Dec 2018 20:19 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000iws8 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.37  
  C2 shakemap 0.76  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.82  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 278 | About casualties: 15 | Last hour: 0

La Chine coopérera davantage avec l'ASEAN en matière de gestion des ca ... Thu, 27 Dec 2018 15:54:00 +0100.

BEIJING, 27 décembre (Xinhua) -- La Chine veut renforcer la coopération en matière de gestion des catastrophes avec l'Association des nations de l'Asie du Sud-Est (ASEAN), afin d'améliorer la capacité de prévenir les désastres et de réduire
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La Chine coopèrera davantage avec l'ASEAN en matière de gestion des ca ... Thu, 27 Dec 2018 15:33:00 +0100.

La Chine veut renforcer la coopération en matière de gestion des catastrophes avec l'Association des nations de l'Asie du Sud-Est (ASEAN), afin d'améliorer la capacité de prévenir les désastres et de réduire les dommages dans la région, a d
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China to further cooperate with ASEAN in disaster management: FMThu, 27 Dec 2018 14:28:00 +0100.

. China is willing to enhance disaster management cooperation with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to further improve the capacity of preventing disasters and reducing damages in the region, a Foreign Ministry spokespers
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WATCH | Footage shows the devastating destruction left by ...Thu, 27 Dec 2018 14:27:00 +0100.

The tsunami in Indonesia at the weekend left a trail of destruction in its wake, including flattened houses, debris and flooded roads. China Central Television (CCTV) has provided aerial footage showing the magnitude of destruction in an In
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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),