M 4.7 in China on 20 Feb 2018 14:09 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 1135313
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 24.4672 , 100.8375
Event Date: 20 Feb 2018 14:09 UTC
20 Feb 2018 22:09 Local
Exposed Population:
2780000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 Feb 2018 15:03 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000d5bt Scaled population (vector) 6.46  
  C1 earthquake 1.39  
  C2 earthquake -0.24  
  Country Vulnerability 0.26  
  INFORM_normalised 0.82  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 345 | About casualties: 41 | Last hour: 0

INETER atento ante intensa actividad sísmica en el Cinturón de FuegoThu, 22 Feb 2018 22:17:00 +0100.

La Compañera Rosario Murillo, Vicepresidenta de Nicaragua, informó que el Gobierno Sandinista ha circulado una nota del Ineter donde se explica la Intensa actividad sísmica en el Cinturón de Fuego del Pacífico. Explicó que ahí está concent
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THE ASCHROFT TSUNAMI MEANS TO WIPE US OUTThu, 22 Feb 2018 21:56:00 +0100.

There are precious few things that Johnny B. understands and tsunami is not on that very short list! The most important thing to know about a tsunami is that it is caused by a disturbance and it has the potential to be extremely destructive
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Lisbonne investit dans un système d'alerte aux tsunamisThu, 22 Feb 2018 20:42:00 +0100.

La région métropolitaine de Lisbonne (AML) va investir dans un système d'alerte public aux tsunamis, a rapporté jeudi le Jornal de Negocios. Le système est composé de quatre sirènes d'alarme, de deux centres de contrôle et d'un réseau de co
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Dominican Republic on long road to make hospitals, schools safer Anast ... Thu, 22 Feb 2018 20:18:00 +0100.

"We're waiting for an earthquake to come at any moment" By Anastasia Moloney. SANTO DOMINGO, Feb 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When hurricanes Irma and Maria hit the Dominican Republic last year, 21-year-old Roseli de los Santos pulled
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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),