M 4.5 in China on 23 Mar 2016 17:55 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 1083045
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 29.6287 , 102.3194
Event Date: 23 Mar 2016 17:55 UTC
24 Mar 2016 01:55 Local
Exposed Population:
2780170 people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 Mar 2016 18:30 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: 364 | About casualties: 9 | Last hour: 0

Ancoats architect designs earthquake resistant home Manchester Evening ... Sun, 27 Mar 2016 16:11:00 +0200.

© Provided by Manchester Evening News. A Sheppard Robson architect has returned to Manchester after helping to build a new home for a family made homeless by last year’s earthquakes in Nepal. The 7.8 magnitude earthquake and the 6.7 magnitu
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Kıbrıs’ta bir günde 3 depremSun, 27 Mar 2016 14:26:00 +0200.

lerin ilki Lefkoşa'nın 160 kilometre kuzeybatısında saat 15.25'te 4.5 - 4.7 büyüklüğünde Antalya Körfezi açıklarında meydana geldi. İkinci deprem saat 16.23'te yine Lefkoşa'nın 80 kilometre kuzeybatısında 3.7 - 3.9 büyüklüğünde meydana geld
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Kıbrıs ta Bir Günde 3 DepremSun, 27 Mar 2016 14:10:00 +0200.

Bu depremlerin ilki Lefkoşa'nın 160 kilometre kuzeybatısında saat 15.25'te 4.5 - 4.7 büyüklüğünde Antalya Körfezi açıklarında meydana geldi. İkinci deprem saat 16.23'te yine Lefkoşa'nın 80 kilometre kuzeybatısında 3.7 - 3.9 büyüklüğünde mey
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Akdeniz ve Kıbrıs'ta 7 saat içinde 3 depremSun, 27 Mar 2016 14:01:00 +0200.

Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi Deprem ve Zemin Araştırma ve Değerlendirme Merkezi Müdürü Prof Dr. Cavit Atalar, 22 M art 2016 tarihinde Kıbrıs ve civarında 7 saat içerisinde meydana gelen 3 depremi değerlendirdi. Bu depremlerin ilki Lefkoşa'nın 16
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
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),