M 4.6 in China on 04 Feb 2017 13:44 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 1104771
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.7411 , 81.7468
Event Date: 04 Feb 2017 13:44 UTC
04 Feb 2017 21:44 Local
Exposed Population:
About 25000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 04 Feb 2017 17:27 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20008hnj Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 382 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

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Thailand Pays Compensation To Workers Left Jobless By FloodingWed, 08 Feb 2017 12:06:00 +0100.

BANGKOK, Feb 8 (Bernama) -- Thailand's Social Security Office is paying compensation to those currently jobless after their workplaces were severely damaged by floods, the agency's secretary general Suradej Waleeittikul confirmed on Wednesd
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Rosenallis couple sue Laois County Council over floodingWed, 08 Feb 2017 11:06:00 +0100.

A Rosenallis man has told the High Court that flood waters flowed across his property like "a small tsunami" before entering and causing extensive damage to his family home. Mr Chris Mahon said that he heard what seemed like a cracking nois
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Ancient undersea landslide discovered in AustraliaWed, 08 Feb 2017 11:02:00 +0100.

Image copyright James Cook University Image caption The landslide is about 30 times the size of Uluru. Scientists have discovered evidence of a massive ancient undersea landslide next to Australia's Great Barrier Reef. The Gloria Knolls Sli
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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),