M 5.7 in China on 23 Oct 2018 16:04 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 1159750
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 24.02 Km
Lat/Lon: 23.9953 , 122.667
Event Date: 23 Oct 2018 16:04 UTC
24 Oct 2018 00:04 Local
Exposed Population: About 4000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 Oct 2018 16:56 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000hg5i Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.37  
  C2 shakemap 0.76  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.82  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 193 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

IJERPH, Vol. 15, Pages 2386: Media Exposure and General Trust as Predi ... Sat, 27 Oct 2018 13:21:00 +0200.

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Ctrip Attends Global Tourism Economy Forum, World Travel & Tourism Cou ... Fri, 26 Oct 2018 13:52:00 +0200.

SHANGHAI, China, Oct. 26, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ctrip, the largest online travel agent in Asia and the second largest in the world participated in the 7 th Global Tourism Economy Forum, with Jane Sun, Chief Executive Officer of Ctrip, de
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Ctrip Attends Global Tourism Economy Forum, World Travel & Tourism Cou ... Fri, 26 Oct 2018 13:33:00 +0200.

CEO Jane Sun delivers keynote speech at WTTC Asia Leaders Forum addressing the importance of global standards to ensure traveler safety. SHANGHAI, China, Oct. 26, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ctrip, the largest online travel agent in Asia and t
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7.0-magnitude quake hits Ionian Sea: CENCFri, 26 Oct 2018 03:13:00 +0200.

BEIJING, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- A 7.0-magnitude earthquake jolted the Ionian Sea at 6:54 a.m. Friday, Beijing Time, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center. The epicenter was monitored at about 37.51 degrees north latitude and 20.51
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),