M 5.8 in China on 31 Aug 2013 00:04 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 1004057
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.8M
Depth: 9.8 Km
Lat/Lon: 28.2293 , 99.3697
Event Date: 31 Aug 2013 00:04 UTC
31 Aug 2013 08:04 Local
Exposed Population: About 9000 people in MMI
460000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 31 Aug 2013 00:30 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usb000je5n Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 412 | About casualties: 47 | Last hour: 0

Alaska island expecting aftershocksSun, 01 Sep 2013 03:31:00 +0200.

Dozens of noticeable aftershocks above magnitude 4.0 are expected in the remote Aleutian Island region off Alaska in the days and weeks following a major 7.0 earthquake, the state seismologist said.
Alaska island expecting aftershocks Dozens of noticeable aftershocks a ... Sun, 01 Sep 2013 03:30:00 +0200.

01 September 2013 Dozens of noticeable aftershocks above magnitude 4.0 are expected in the remote Aleutian Island region off Alaska in the days and weeks following a major 7.0 earthquake, the state seismologist said. A dozen measurable aft
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Southwest rattled by second quakeSun, 01 Sep 2013 03:25:00 +0200.

Another earthquake killed at least five and injured more than two dozen in three counties in Yunnan and Sichuan provinces on Saturday - four days after a 5.1-magnitude temblor in the same area destroyed thousands of houses and national high
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Tremor kills five people in sou...Sun, 01 Sep 2013 03:19:00 +0200.

BEIJING: An earthquake yesterday hit a remote part of southwest China near the popular tourist area of Shangri-La, killing five people and injuring 24, state media said. The earthquake in Yunnan province on the border with Sichuan province
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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),