M 4.6 in China on 20 May 2016 05:22 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 1086594
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 27 Km
Lat/Lon: 43.1473 , 88.4383
Event Date: 20 May 2016 05:22 UTC
20 May 2016 13:22 Local
Exposed Population:
948076 people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 May 2016 05:45 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  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 629 | About casualties: 13 | Last hour: 0

На Курилах за сутки произошло три землетрясенияTue, 24 May 2016 05:10:00 +0200.

Угроза возникновения волны цунами отсутствует. Три подземных толчка в районе Курильских островов были зарегистрированы сейсмологами за минувшие сутки. Об этом сообщила пресс-служба Дальневосточного регионального центра МЧС России. «Первое з
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Cruz Roja envía a Ecuador 150 casas portátiles de su almacén en La LuzTue, 24 May 2016 04:41:00 +0200.

Cruz Roja Española envía 297 viviendas progresivas -módulos portátiles con una zona de dormitorio y otra de descanso- a Ecuador para responder a las necesidades de alojamiento y vivienda de más de 1.500 personas afectadas, que lo han perdid
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Teleplaneta - 23/05/2016Tue, 24 May 2016 04:39:00 +0200.

Hola ¿qué tal? Nueva entrega de Teleplaneta, en una semana que nos deja como suele ser habitual por otra parte. multitud de fenómenos naturales. y datos interesantes que contarles en estos minutos. Desde EEUU a Sri Lanka, hoy tendremos desd
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5.0-magnitude earthquake jolts SW ChinaTue, 24 May 2016 04:32:00 +0200.

BEIJING, May 18 (Xinhua) -- A 5.0-magnitude earthquake hit a county in southwest China's Yunnan Province in the early hours of Wednesday, with no casualties reported so far. The quake struck Yunlong County, Bai Autonomous Prefecture of Dali
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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),