M 4.8 in China on 03 Apr 2020 22:54 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 1212737
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 32.6804 , 85.5495
Event Date: 03 Apr 2020 22:54 UTC
04 Apr 2020 06:54 Local
Exposed Population:
About 10000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 03 Apr 2020 23:15 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us70008n5a Scaled population (vector) 4.08  
  C1 earthquake 1.39  
  C2 earthquake -0.24  
  Country Vulnerability 0.26  
  INFORM_normalised 0.82  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 144 | About casualties: 26 | Last hour: 0

China sees no Covid-19 deaths for first timeTue, 07 Apr 2020 20:14:00 +0200.

Mainland China yesterday reported no coronavirus deaths for the first time since the pandemic began, and a drop in new cases, a day before the central city of Wuhan, where the virus emerged late in December, is set to lift its lockdown. Jap
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South Korea donates rice to PHLTue, 07 Apr 2020 18:16:00 +0200.

THE South Korean government recently donated 950 metric tons (MT) of rice to the Philippines for distribution to those affected by natural disasters and calamities last year. Beneficiaries include flood victims in Cagayan Valley and earthqu
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UN Security Council to hold first coronavirus talksTue, 07 Apr 2020 16:07:00 +0200.

Members of the United Nations Security Council observe a minute of silence for the 10th anniversary of a devastating earthquake in Haiti at the UN headquarters in New York, on Jan. 13, 2020. The members of the Security Council on Monday obs
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Earthquake hits western MongoliaTue, 07 Apr 2020 10:51:00 +0200.

The Mongolian Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics has reported that an earthquake with a magnitude of 3.9 has struck the western Khovd Province of the country on Monday. The earthquake took place 78 km from the Altai Soum in the southeast
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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),