M 6.4 in China on 17 Nov 2017 22:34 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 1126722
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.4M
Depth: 8 Km
Lat/Lon: 29.8236 , 95.0071
Event Date: 17 Nov 2017 22:34 UTC
18 Nov 2017 06:34 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI VII
100000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 Nov 2017 21:49 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.6 (India)
INFORM Coping capacity list: India= 4.6; China= 3.6

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000bqsn Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 738 | About casualties: 29 | Last hour: 0

В планетарном масштабе: что оставили после себя сильнейшие землетрясен ... Tue, 21 Nov 2017 22:27:00 +0100.

11 марта 2011 года цунами от землетрясения разрушило десятки тысяч домов и вызвало аварию на АЭС Фукусима. 11 марта 2011 года. Сильнейшее землетрясение за всю историю Японии вызвало мощное цунами. Волны высотой сорок метров достигли берегов
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SAMOA ON SLOW ROAD TO RECOVERYTue, 21 Nov 2017 21:30:00 +0100.

Some complain, others glad for fresh start. By Sean Dorney APIA, Samoa (Radio Australia, Mar. 4, 2010) – Many in Samoa are determined to make a fresh start. Simple structures are appearing all over Samoa's tsunami-devastated islands, with m
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Seis años después de la catástrofe, los expertos encuentran uranio en ... Tue, 21 Nov 2017 19:48:00 +0100.

El 11 de marzo de 2011, el tsunami causado después de un terremoto provocó un desastre nuclear en la Central Nuclear de Fukushima, Japón . Ahora, por primera vez, un equipo ha logrado captar imágenes de combustible de uranio derretido que e
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Vídeo: Descoberto urânio que provocou explosão nuclear de Fukushima em ... Tue, 21 Nov 2017 19:38:00 +0100.

. Foi encontrado o urânio que deu origem à explosão nuclear na central de Fukushima, na sequência do sismo e tsunami de março de 2011. Um robô conseguiu encontrar o combustível dentro da unidade do reator número três. Foram precisos seis a
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),