M 5.6 in China on 07 Sep 2012 04:16 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 119417
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 9.8 Km
Lat/Lon: 27.5821 , 103.99
Event Date: 07 Sep 2012 04:16 UTC
07 Sep 2012 12:16 Local
Exposed Population:
6326208 people within 100km
Inserted at: 07 Sep 2012 04:36 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.6 0.6
usc000chpp Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 803 | About casualties: 120 | Last hour: 0

Patriarch Kirill I to consecrate new churches in Siberia, Far EastTue, 11 Sep 2012 03:19:00 +0200.

Patriarch's visit to Japan will take place from September 14 through to September 18
220 students 'save' mangrovesTue, 11 Sep 2012 03:02:00 +0200.

CULTURAL EXCHANGE: Japanese, Mara college volunteers plant saplings in Kg Sepetang
Eyes to the eastTue, 11 Sep 2012 02:49:00 +0200.

9/11/2012 By Janelle Husbands EXPERTS predicted that 2012 would be an active hurricane season and they certainly hit the nail on the head. Like tumbleweeds moving across the desert, we see a similar image of these storms just mowing their w
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Nearly 3,000 still missing in Japan 18 months after major quakeTue, 11 Sep 2012 02:08:00 +0200.

Japan on Tuesday marked the one and a half year anniversary of the March 11 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that devastated northeastern Pacific coastal regions, with the official death toll standing at 15,870 and 2,846 people sti
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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),