M 4.6 in China on 14 Jan 2019 10:54 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 1167985
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 21.3373 , 101.7416
Event Date: 14 Jan 2019 10:54 UTC
14 Jan 2019 18:54 Local
Exposed Population:
790000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 14 Jan 2019 14:03 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.4 (Myanmar)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Myanmar= 6.4; Laos= 6.2; China= 3.6

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000j3qb Scaled population (vector) 6.08  
  C1 earthquake 0.89  
  C2 earthquake -0.28  
  Country Vulnerability -0.47  
  INFORM_normalised 1.15  
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Latest media headlines

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Severe quake hits Southern California; at least 24 dead. By CATHERINE O’BRIEN, Associated Press Writer. LOS ANGELES — A violent earthquake struck Southern California before dawn today, turning freeways into rubble, collapsing buildings with
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AP WAS THERE: Southern California's deadly 1994 earthquakeWed, 16 Jan 2019 08:46:00 +0100.

Severe quake hits Southern California; at least 24 dead. By CATHERINE O'BRIEN, Associated Press Writer. LOS ANGELES — A violent earthquake struck Southern California before dawn today, turning freeways into rubble, collapsing buildings with
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AP WAS THERE: Southern California’s deadly 1994 earthquakeWed, 16 Jan 2019 08:39:00 +0100.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — This week marks 25 years since a deadly earthquake struck Southern California’s densely populated San Fernando Valley. The state said at least 57 died in the magnitude 6.7 Northridge quake, but a study issued the followin
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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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),