M 4.7 in China on 02 Dec 2012 19:43 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 121223
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 9.6 Km
Lat/Lon: 23.9506 , 121.607
Event Date: 02 Dec 2012 19:43 UTC
03 Dec 2012 03:43 Local
Exposed Population:
3230000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 02 Dec 2012 20:05 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usc000e2j4 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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Meteo assessment
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 425 | About casualties: 11 | Last hour: 0

New homes handed over to Niuatoputapu tsunami victimsThu, 06 Dec 2012 18:48:00 +0100.

In Niuatoputapu on Saturday December 1, Prime Minister of Tonga, Lord Tu’ivakano handed over 34 new houses for the people of Niuatoputapu who lost their homes during the tsunami that followed the Great Samoa-Tonga Earthquakes of 29-30 Septe
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Activités du président de l'AN Nguyen Sinh Hung au JaponThu, 06 Dec 2012 18:13:00 +0100.

L'Etat et le peuple vietnamiens souhaitent appronfondir davantage les relations d'amitié et de coopération intégrale avec le Japon, les considérant comme une des priorités de premier rang dans la politique extérieure du Vietnam.
Sri Lanka to mark 2012 National Safety Day in Badulla districtThu, 06 Dec 2012 17:41:00 +0100.

Dec 06, Colombo: Sri Lanka will mark the National Safety Day, which was commemorated six years continuously since 2006, in Badulla district this year.
UK flood insurance losses hit five year high following November deluge ... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:02:00 +0100.

CHICAGO, Dec. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Impact Forecasting, the catastrophe model development center of excellence at Aon Benfield, today releases the latest edition of its monthly Global Catastroph...

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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),