M 5 in China on 17 Nov 2016 21:45 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 1098674
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 32.6762 , 96.1
Event Date: 17 Nov 2016 21:45 UTC
18 Nov 2016 05:45 Local
Exposed Population:
142130 people within 100km
Inserted at: 17 Nov 2016 22:07 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us100079n7 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: 623 | About casualties: 15 | Last hour: 0

Forte terremoto atinge Argentina e Chile; não há relatos de danos e fe ... Mon, 21 Nov 2016 11:38:00 +0100.

SANTIAGO - Um forte terremoto atingiu a região oeste da Argentina na noite de domingo, abalando prédios tão longe quanto em Santiago, no vizinho Chile, embora não se tenha notícias de danos a infraestruturas e serviços básicos ou relatos de
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The day the earth split open: Drone footage of New Zealand's ruptured ... Mon, 21 Nov 2016 11:29:00 +0100.

The footage shows the mountainous hillsides turned inside out along the 30km fault line. The tectonic movement was so strong, the gap between the cracks is 10 metres in some areas with two metre vertical displacement recorded. Seismologist
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Forte terremoto atinge Argentina e Chile; não há relatos de danos e fe ... Mon, 21 Nov 2016 11:15:00 +0100.

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Um forte terremoto atingiu a região oeste da Argentina na noite de domingo, abalando prédios tão longe quanto em Santiago, no vizinho Chile, embora não se tenha notícias de danos a infraestruturas e serviços básicos ou
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Cutremur de 6,4 grade pe scara Richter în Argentina și ChileMon, 21 Nov 2016 11:10:00 +0100.

Un cutremur de 6,4 grade pe scara Richter a lovit Argentina și Chile duminică, la ora locală 17:57 (20:57 GMT), fără a produce victime sau pagube majore, conform primelor informații, a anunțat Institutul Național de Prevenire Seismică din A
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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),