M 4.6 in China on 21 Feb 2016 16:31 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 1081069
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 36.148 , 78.139
Event Date: 21 Feb 2016 16:31 UTC
22 Feb 2016 00:31 Local
Exposed Population:
About 1653 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Feb 2016 19:48 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: 582 | About casualties: 47 | Last hour: 0

India: Post-disaster shelter in India: A study of the long-term outcom ... Thu, 25 Feb 2016 15:53:00 +0100.

1.1 Background. Over the last 15 years CARE India and other NGOs have repeatedly responded to natural disasters where large numbers of people have lost their homes. These responses have frequently included both provision of short-term emerg
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Nuclear meltdown revealed 'months late'Thu, 25 Feb 2016 15:51:00 +0100.

A TEPCO employee walks past the No. 1 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on February 10, 2016. Next month, Japan will mark the fifth anniversary of the Fukushima disaster, when an earthquake and tsunami hit on March 11, 2011, le
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'İllegal göç milyonu aşınca AB'de alarm çanları çalmaya başladı'Thu, 25 Feb 2016 15:48:00 +0100.

Avrupa Birliği ( AB ) Bakanı ve Başmüzakereci Volkan Bozkır , Beykoz'daki Türk-Alman Üniversitesini ziyaretinde yaptığı konuşmada, AB üyeliğine başvuru tarihinden bugüne Türkiye 'nin üzerine düşeni yaptığını ve önemli kazanımlar elde ettiği
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Japan Utility Admits It Delayed Report of Fukushima MeltdownThu, 25 Feb 2016 15:40:00 +0100.

The operator of Japan's damaged Fukushima nuclear plant acknowledged Thursday it failed for two months to announce that meltdowns had occurred in the cores of three of the reactors. Tokyo Electric Power Co. said its officials were unaware o
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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),