M 4.9 in China on 12 Oct 2015 11:14 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 1068864
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 19.81 Km
Lat/Lon: 22.7392 , 121.3547
Event Date: 12 Oct 2015 11:14 UTC
12 Oct 2015 19:14 Local
Exposed Population:
1416720 people within 100km
Inserted at: 12 Oct 2015 12:30 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.2 0.2
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: 545 | About casualties: 27 | Last hour: 0

Le Japon redémarre un deuxième réacteur nucléaireFri, 16 Oct 2015 10:47:00 +0200.

Le Japon relance un deuxième réacteur à un millier de kilomètres au sud-ouest de Tokyo. Les deux réacteurs de la centrale de Sendai, sur l’île de Kyushu, sont désormais réactivés. Le Japon aura vécu sans électricité d’origine nucléaire pend
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Lo scienziato nucleare Mehran Keshe prevede un ‘mega-terremoto’ che ca ... Fri, 16 Oct 2015 08:44:00 +0200.

(Di venerdì 16 ottobre 2015) Come riportato dal quotidiano Russia Today (www.rt.com), il famoso scienziato nucleare Mehran Keshe prevede un ‘mega-terremoto’ che cambierà per sempre il mondo : le Americhe saranno divisi in due e milioni mori
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Lo scienziato nucleare Mehran Keshe prevede un ‘mega-terremoto’ che ca ... Fri, 16 Oct 2015 08:38:00 +0200.

Come riportato dal quotidiano Russia Today (www.rt.com), il famoso scienziato nucleare Mehran Keshe, prevede un ‘mega-terremoto’ che cambierà per sempre il mondo: le Americhe saranno divisi in due e milioni moriranno. Lo specialista definis
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Ministra de Vivienda y Urbanismo: "Hemos aprendido de experiencias ant ... Fri, 16 Oct 2015 08:08:00 +0200.

Hoy se cumple un mes del terremoto y posterior tsunami que afectó la zona centro norte del país, el cual dejó 16 víctimas fatales y cinco personas desaparecidas. También provocó daños en 4.430 casas, según catastró el Ministerio de Vivienda
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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),