M 4.9 in China on 26 Sep 2016 15:48 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 1094723
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 21.79 Km
Lat/Lon: 30.2109 , 99.5901
Event Date: 26 Sep 2016 15:48 UTC
26 Sep 2016 23:48 Local
Exposed Population:
134432 people within 100km
Inserted at: 26 Sep 2016 16:21 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006ste 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: 1122 | About casualties: 163 | Last hour: 0

Le typhon Megi fait dix morts et 29 disparus en ChineFri, 30 Sep 2016 15:20:00 +0200.

BEIJING, 30 septembre (Xinhua) -- Le typhon Megi a fait dix morts et 29 disparus en Chine, a annoncé vendredi le ministère des Affaires civiles. Cinq morts ont été signalés dans la province orientale du Zhejiang et cinq autres dans la provi
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7 killed, 20 missing in east China landslideFri, 30 Sep 2016 14:47:00 +0200.

At least seven persons were killed in a landslide that hit a village in east China's Zhejiang Provinceas Typhoon Megi wrecked havoc forcing relocation of over 3.15 lakh people. Rescuers retrieved three more bodies from the scene of the land
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Typhoon Megi leaves 10 dead, 29 missing in ChinaFri, 30 Sep 2016 14:47:00 +0200.

BEIJING， Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- Typhoon Megi has claimed 10 lives in China and left another 29 missing， the Ministry of Civil Affairs announced on Friday. Five deaths were reported in east China's Zhejiang Province and five were reported in s
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Typhoon Megi leaves 10 dead, 29 missing in ChinaFri, 30 Sep 2016 14:15:00 +0200.

Typhoon Megi has claimed 10 lives in China and left another 29 missing, the Ministry of Civil Affairs announced on Friday. Five deaths were reported in east China's Zhejiang Province and five were reported in southeast China's Fujian Provin
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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),