M 5.3 in China on 20 Sep 2017 14:29 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 1121929
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 22.03 Km
Lat/Lon: 23.2931 , 121.7572
Event Date: 20 Sep 2017 14:29 UTC
20 Sep 2017 22:29 Local
Exposed Population:
520000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 Sep 2017 14:48 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000arvi 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: 1390 | About casualties: 37 | Last hour: 0

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Un nou seism cu magnitudinea de 5,9 grade s-a produs duminică în largul coastei Mexicului, potrivit Centrului de Avertizare pentru Tsunami din Pacific, informează Reuters. Epicentrul cutremur ului a fost la 99 de kilometri sud-sudvest de To
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Mundo Mais um terremoto atinge o MéxicoSun, 24 Sep 2017 14:15:00 +0200.

CIDADE DO MÉXICO – Um novo terremoto de magnitude 5,9 atingiu o México na manhã deste domingo. Segundo o Centro de Alerta de Tsunamis do Pacífico, o sismo aconteceu no litoral Oeste do país, a 99 quilômetros Sul-Sudoeste da cidade de Tonala
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EEUU envía un mensaje de advertencia a Corea del Norte sobrevolando su ... Sun, 24 Sep 2017 14:06:00 +0200.

- Temblor de tierra - El temor a un nuevo ensayo nuclear se había reavivado el sábado por un terremoto de magnitud 3,5 registrado en Corea del Norte, que algunos expertos consideran una réplica generada por el poderoso test efectuado el 3 d
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AG And Former GA Summoned Over Saudi Tsunami Housing SchemeSun, 24 Sep 2017 14:06:00 +0200.

. by Indika Sri Aravinda. The Attorney General and former Government Agent of Ampara have been summoned by President Maithripala Sirisena this week to discuss the controversial Saudi sponsored tsunami housing project. Some 500 houses built
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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.
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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),