M 5.5 in China on 24 Jan 2020 22:56 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 1203282
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 31.9814 , 95.0103
Event Date: 24 Jan 2020 22:56 UTC
25 Jan 2020 06:56 Local
Exposed Population: About 1000 people in MMI
130000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 25 Jan 2020 00:59 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us60007f7v Scaled population (raster) 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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Meteo assessment
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 174 | About casualties: 42 | Last hour: 0

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News from around the worldTue, 28 Jan 2020 22:09:00 +0100.

NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD -- Ardern sets poll around All Blacks There are few things more important to Kiwis than the All Blacks. -- China's Xi vows to combat 'devil' virus President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that China was sure of defeat
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Coronavirus real-time map show worldwide spread of virusTue, 28 Jan 2020 22:07:00 +0100.

CLICK ON IMAGE TO GO TO LIVE MAP. Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering have developed an online dashboard showing the daily status of coronavirus infections worldwide. The virus, which was believed to have originat
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7.7-magnitude earthquake hits southern waters of CubaTue, 28 Jan 2020 21:51:00 +0100.

BEIJING, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) -- A 7.7-magnitude earthquake jolted the southern waters of Cuba at 3:10 a.m. on Wednesday, said the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter was monitored at 19.46 degrees north latitude and 78.79 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),