M 5.1 in China on 18 Nov 2017 00:32 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 1126726
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 29.9582 , 94.8491
Event Date: 18 Nov 2017 00:32 UTC
18 Nov 2017 08:32 Local
Exposed Population:
About 96000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 Nov 2017 00:53 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.6 (India)
INFORM Coping capacity list: India= 4.6; China= 3.6

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000bqtu Scaled population (vector) 4.77  
  C1 earthquake 0.74  
  C2 earthquake -0.08  
  Country Vulnerability -0.39  
  INFORM_normalised 0.94  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 297 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

QUAKING IN OUR BOOTS ‘Big One’ fears grow as experts find proof it has ... Tue, 21 Nov 2017 23:39:00 +0100.

FEARS are growing for the "Big One" as experts claim to have found proof a major earthquake AND a massive Tsunami is due to strike California. Researchers say the Cascadia Subduction Zone generates a major event every 200 to 530 years - and
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Scientists' journey to the centre of seismic concernTue, 21 Nov 2017 22:52:00 +0100.

An expedition of 30 scientists are headed to the North Island to find out more about New Zealand's largest earthquake and tsunami hazard. Scientists will study the Hikurangi subduction zone, which is part of the Pacific "ring of fire" where
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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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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),