M 4.8 in China on 15 Dec 2016 14:14 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 1100944
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 22.9306 , 121.2564
Event Date: 15 Dec 2016 14:14 UTC
15 Dec 2016 22:14 Local
Exposed Population:
1464049 people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 Dec 2016 14:43 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000811l 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: 1474 | About casualties: 21 | Last hour: 0

Strong quakes rattle coastal EcuadorMon, 19 Dec 2016 14:08:00 +0100.

Several strong earthquakes rattled Ecuador's northwestern coast in the pre-dawn hours of today, leaving some areas without power but with no reports of casualties. The South American nation is still recovering from a devastating 7.8-magnitu
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Sismos de hasta 5,8 grados de magnitud sacuden la costa de EcuadorMon, 19 Dec 2016 14:01:00 +0100.

Varios sismos de hasta 5,8 grados de magnitud sacudieron la madrugada de este lunes la costa de Ecuador , dejando sin electricidad algunas zonas de la provincia de Esmeraldas, donde hasta el momento no se reportaron víctimas , informaron la
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Temblores en Ecuador: un fallecido por infarto Un sismo de magnitud 5, ... Mon, 19 Dec 2016 13:57:00 +0100.

Una persona falleció de un infarto como consecuencia de los terremotos que sacudieron esta madrugada la provincia de Esmeraldas (noroeste de Ecuador), que causaron daños materiales y el derrumbe de algunas viviendas en la zona afectada. El
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Cinco sismos sacuden Esmeraldas, en EcuadorMon, 19 Dec 2016 13:55:00 +0100.

Al menos cinco sismos, de los cuales el mayor fue de 5.9 grados, ocurrieron este lunes en la provincia de Esmeraldas, ubicada en la Costa de Ecuador, sin registrarse de momento fallecidos y heridos. El presidente ecuatoriano Rafael Correa,
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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),