M 6 in China on 07 Oct 2014 13:49 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 1041027
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.0M
Depth: 10.13 Km
Lat/Lon: 23.41 , 100.52
Event Date: 07 Oct 2014 13:49 UTC
07 Oct 2014 21:49 Local
Exposed Population: 2430000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 07 Oct 2014 14:30 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.8 0.8
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: 401 | About casualties: 65 | Last hour: 0

China: Dam Reported Cracked, 120,000 Left Homeless in China QuakeThu, 09 Oct 2014 05:47:00 +0200.

Source: Radio Free Asia Country: China Thousands of victims of a powerful earthquake in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan were left with no shelter on Wednesday after the previous night's tremor left one person dead and caused cra
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Un sismo de 6,8° afectó a la zona sur de Isla de PascuaThu, 09 Oct 2014 05:42:00 +0200.

El SHOA afirmó que el sismo no reúne las condiciones necesarias para generar un tsunami.
Terremoto de 6,8 grados sacude el Pacífico surorientalThu, 09 Oct 2014 05:40:00 +0200.

El sismo se registró a unos 570 kilómetros al sur de las islas al este de Chile. Thumbnail Image: leer más
Terremoto de 6,8 graus abala sudeste do PacíficoThu, 09 Oct 2014 05:35:00 +0200.

Epicentro do sismo foi a 570 km ao sul das ilhas do leste do Chile. Centro de Alertas de Tsunami, no Havaí, descartou risco de maremoto.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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 (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),