M 4.6 in China on 21 May 2015 16:05 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 1055476
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 20.44 Km
Lat/Lon: 36.8658 , 121.7967
Event Date: 21 May 2015 16:05 UTC
22 May 2015 00:05 Local
Exposed Population:
11587850 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 May 2015 18:57 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 816 | About casualties: 28 | Last hour: 0

Earthquake shakes buildings in Tokyo but causes no damageMon, 25 May 2015 15:30:00 +0200.

TOKYO - A magnitude-5.5 earthquake rattled Tokyo and its suburbs Monday, shaking buildings and temporarily stopping trains but causing no apparent damage or injuries. Office high-rises in the capital swayed, and trains that stopped automati
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Terremoto de 5,6 graus de magnitude atinge TóquioMon, 25 May 2015 15:09:00 +0200.

Um forte terremoto estremeceu hoje (25) edifícios na cidade de Tóquio, no Japão, acionando alarmes e levando à suspensão do serviço de metrô. De acordo com a agência meteorológica do país, o tremor, de magnitude 5,6 na escala Richter, não r
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Japan under-estimated Fukushima tsunami risk IAEAMon, 25 May 2015 14:59:00 +0200.

Japan under-estimated Fukushima tsunami risk: IAEA. Irish Sun (IANS) Monday 25th May, 2015. Japanese regulatory authorities and the Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), owner of the Fukushima nuclear plant, failed to implement adequate saf
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Terremoto de magnitud 5,6 sacude Tokio - El Nuevo DiarioMon, 25 May 2015 14:58:00 +0200.

Un terremoto de magnitud 5,6 remeció este lunes la región de Tokio , sin causar daños ni víctimas, indicaron las autoridades locales. Según el Instituto Geológico estadounidense (USGS), la magnitud fue de 5,3. El temblor no supuso ningún ri
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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),