M 4.5 in China on 13 Apr 2015 17:13 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 1051972
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 21.91 Km
Lat/Lon: 23.9202 , 121.0817
Event Date: 13 Apr 2015 17:13 UTC
14 Apr 2015 01:13 Local
Exposed Population:
7547267 people within 100km
Inserted at: 13 Apr 2015 20:49 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
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: 448 | About casualties: 22 | Last hour: 0

10:28 - Confirman visita de top model checa a Concepción: Inaugurará e ... Fri, 17 Apr 2015 15:58:00 +0200.

La top model y fundadora de Happy Hearts Fund (HHF), Petra Nemcova, llegará a Lota (provincia de Concepción) el próximo jueves 23 de abril para inaugurar la segunda etapa de la Escuela Nuevo Futuro. Su visita se desarrollará en el marco de
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Director de ex Posta Central apoya teoría de "avalancha humana" en toc ... Fri, 17 Apr 2015 15:30:00 +0200.

Al menos tres fallecidos ha dejado el accidente ocurrido durante la noche en el Centro de Eventos Santa Filomena, ex discoteque Tsunami, durante el desarrollo de una tocata punk. Así lo señaló esta mañana Mario Henríquez, director de la ex
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Honduras | Autoridades realizan un simulacro de tsunamiFri, 17 Apr 2015 15:20:00 +0200.

Las autoridades de Honduras realizan hoy un simulacro de tsunami en el Caribe hondureño con el propósito de preparar a los pobladores frente a cualquier fenómeno de la naturaleza. El ejercicio, que inicia a las 09:00 hora local (15:00 GMT),
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A self-elevating tsunami barrier!Fri, 17 Apr 2015 14:06:00 +0200.

Japanese researchers have developed a self-elevating barrier with the ability to bear the impact of powerful tsunamis. A team from the Nagoya University in central Japan, in collaboration with Hitachi Zosen Corporation, has tested a system
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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),