M 4.8 in China on 06 Aug 2014 03:46 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 1037257
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 82.06 Km
Lat/Lon: 22.1 , 121.46
Event Date: 06 Aug 2014 03:46 UTC
06 Aug 2014 11:46 Local
Exposed Population:
309782 people within 100km
Inserted at: 06 Aug 2014 04:09 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -0.9 -0.9
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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 879 | About casualties: 97 | Last hour: 0

Família acredita ter reencontrado filha levada por tsunami 10 anos atr ... Thu, 07 Aug 2014 23:50:00 +0200.

Jamaliah é uma mãe que passou dez anos sofrendo. Ela perdeu dois filhos no tsunami de 2004 que atingiu 14 países no Pacífico, entre eles a Indonésia. Ou pelo menos, era isso o que acreditava. Nesta quarta-feira (6/8), ela se encontrou com u
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Wunder nach Tsunami 2004 - Eltern finden totgeglaubte TochterThu, 07 Aug 2014 23:47:00 +0200.

Zehn Jahre lang glaubt ein indonesisches Paar, der Tsunami 2004 habe seine kleine Tochter in den Tod gerissen. Dann wird die heute 14-Jährige zufällig von ihrem Onkel wiedergesehen.
Girl swept from her parents in tsunami is 'reunited with her family'Thu, 07 Aug 2014 23:41:00 +0200.

Four-year-old Raudhatul Jannah had been given up for dead by her parents one month after she was swept from her West Aceh home on December 26, 2004 until her uncle spotted a girl who looked like Raudhatul in June.
VIP concernThu, 07 Aug 2014 23:38:00 +0200.

, 14 hours, 13 minutes ago Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (3rd R) talks to an injured man as he visits a hospital after an earthquake hit Ludian county, Yunnan province. The earthquake in China on the weekend triggered landslides that have bloc
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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 (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),