M 4.9 in China on 03 Nov 2015 00:06 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 1070994
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 24.7174 , 122.0336
Event Date: 03 Nov 2015 00:06 UTC
03 Nov 2015 08:06 Local
Exposed Population:
9395673 people within 100km
Inserted at: 03 Nov 2015 00:33 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: 452 | About casualties: 32 | Last hour: 0

'Nube tsunami' desata pánico en AustraliaFri, 06 Nov 2015 23:57:00 +0100.

Lo que parecía un soleado día, se volvió en uno tormentoso cuando en Bondi Beach, Sidney, Australia, los bañistas advirtieron cómo se acercaba una impresionante ‘nube tsunami’, bautizada así popularmente. Fue llamada así debido a que los t
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'Nube tsunami' desata pánico en AustraliaFri, 06 Nov 2015 23:52:00 +0100.

Lo que parecía un soleado día, se volvió en uno tormentoso cuando en Bondi Beach, Sidney, Australia, los bañistas advirtieron cómo se acercaba una impresionante ‘nube tsunami’, bautizada así popularmente. Fue llamada así debido a que los t
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Tsunami early warning: JRC tests new low-cost device to measure sea le ... Fri, 06 Nov 2015 23:51:00 +0100.

One of the four devices was installed for testing in Cadiz, on the Spanish coast Credit: © EU, 2015. A new, low-cost experimental device for sea level measurement has been developed by JRC scientists. The first four devices have been instal
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Vecinos de Tongoy reciben ayuda de empresarios chinosFri, 06 Nov 2015 23:43:00 +0100.

Un nuevo acto solidario tuvo lugar en la comuna de Coquimbo. Esta vez, la Asociación Gremial de Empresarios Chinos residentes en Chile coordinó un proceso de recopilación de ayuda para los vecinos de la localidad de Tongoy. Un trabajo que p
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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),