M 4.7 in China on 12 Aug 2016 06:56 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 1091700
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 27.1807 , 103.5792
Event Date: 12 Aug 2016 06:56 UTC
12 Aug 2016 14:56 Local
Exposed Population:
5476482 people within 100km
Inserted at: 12 Aug 2016 07:18 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006d7x 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: 616 | About casualties: 21 | Last hour: 0

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Japon : Un « petit » séisme se produit au large de FukushimaTue, 16 Aug 2016 05:24:00 +0200.

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Se registra un sismo de magnitud 5,3 en JapónTue, 16 Aug 2016 05:22:00 +0200.

Este 15 de agosto se ha producido un terremoto de magnitud 5,3 cerca de las costas de Japón, informa el Servicio Geológico de EE.UU. (USGS, por sus siglas en inglés). El epicentro del sismo se situó a 66 kilómetros al este de la localidad
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China transfiere a Ecuador material para apoyar en mitigación de terre ... Tue, 16 Aug 2016 04:29:00 +0200.

El Gobierno de China transfirió hoy a Ecuador materiales y equipos para apoyar a sus Fuerzas Armadas en la labor de mitigación de los efectos del terremoto que asoló el pasado 16 de abril un sector de la costa y que dejó 671 muertos, decena
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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),