M 4.9 in China on 15 Feb 2019 14:08 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 1170894
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 46.56 Km
Lat/Lon: 23.7884 , 121.7514
Event Date: 15 Feb 2019 14:08 UTC
15 Feb 2019 22:08 Local
Exposed Population:
790000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 Feb 2019 14:43 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000jifs Scaled population (vector) 5.81  
  C1 earthquake 1.39  
  C2 earthquake -0.24  
  Country Vulnerability 0.26  
  INFORM_normalised 0.82  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 107 | About casualties: 22 | Last hour: 0

El gran terremoto en Bolivia que permitió descubrir una cadena montaño ... Mon, 18 Feb 2019 23:30:00 +0100.

Getty Images La cadena montañosa fue hallada a 660 km de profundidad en la zona de transición entre la parte superior e inferior del manto terrestre. El 9 de junio de 1994, un terremoto masivo sacudió Bolivia. Más de dos décadas después, da
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A man-made disaster killed 230,000 - but China kept it secret for deca ... Mon, 18 Feb 2019 14:23:00 +0100.

© Getty CHINA - DECEMBER 09: The Temporary Bridge Built Above The Dam In The Sanman Gorge Facilitated The Concreting Of The Construction, On December 9, 1959. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images) Workers stood along th
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Dam failure killed 230,000 and China kept it secret for years OzyMon, 18 Feb 2019 12:11:00 +0100.

© Getty CHINA - DECEMBER 09: The Temporary Bridge Built Above The Dam In The Sanman Gorge Facilitated The Concreting Of The Construction, On December 9, 1959. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images) Workers stood along th
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Nueva investigación revela montañas a 660 kilómetros bajo tierra_Spani ... Mon, 18 Feb 2019 09:43:00 +0100.

Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest LinkedIn WhatsApp. Un estudio internacional ha descubierto montañas y otras formas topográficas en una capa a unos 660 kilómetros de profundidad que separa el manto superior e inferior de la Tierra. En la
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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),