M 5.5 in China on 06 Dec 2014 10:20 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 1044521
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 23.36 , 100.48
Event Date: 06 Dec 2014 10:20 UTC
06 Dec 2014 18:20 Local
Exposed Population: 2430000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 06 Dec 2014 10:45 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
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: 401 | About casualties: 63 | Last hour: 0

Typhoon Hagupit kills 3 but leaves minimal damageSun, 07 Dec 2014 17:32:00 +0100.

LEGAZPI, Philippines Typhoon Hagupit knocked out power, left at least three people dead and sent nearly 900,000 into shelters before it weakened Sunday, sparing the central Philippines the type of massive devastation that a monster storm br
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Philippines: Typhoon Hagupit leaves at least 3 deadSun, 07 Dec 2014 17:13:00 +0100.

LEGAZPI, Philippines -- Typhoon Hagupit knocked out power, left at least three people dead and sent nearly 900,000 into shelters before it weakened Sunday, sparing the central Philippines the type of massive devastation that a monster storm
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Philippines typhoon weakens after mass evacuationSun, 07 Dec 2014 16:46:00 +0100.

Ted Algibe, AFP I Residents walk past high waves hours before Typhoon Hagupit hit near the city of Legazpi on December 7, 2014. Text by Latest update : 2014-12-07. NEWS WIRES Typhoon Hagupit knocked out power, sent nearly 900,000 into shelt
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One dead, 22 injured in SW China earthquakeSun, 07 Dec 2014 16:42:00 +0100.

JINGGU, Yunnan, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- A nine-year-old boy was killed and another 22 injured in the 5.9-magnitude earthquake that struck southwest China's Yunnan Province on Saturday evening, local authorities said Sunday, citing latest statist
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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 (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),