M 5.4 in China on 18 Jan 2013 12:42 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 122017
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.4M
Depth: Km
Lat/Lon: 31.0706 , 99.5746
Event Date: 18 Jan 2013 12:42 UTC
18 Jan 2013 20:42 Local
Exposed Population:
170000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 19 Jan 2013 08:22 UTC

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usb000eqx3 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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 389 | About casualties: 69 | Last hour: 0

Mobil Berlogo DPRD di Basement 2 Plaza UOB Milik Anggota DPRD DKITue, 22 Jan 2013 12:20:00 +0100.

Pemilik mobil berlogo DPRD yang terjebak 'tsunami' di basement 2 Plaza UOB mulai terkuak. Mobil itu milik anggota Dewan dari DKI Jakarta dan 'menginap' di parkiran itu.
Trzęsienie ziemi o sile 6,0 stopni w IndonezjiTue, 22 Jan 2013 11:50:00 +0100.

Co najmniej jedna osoba, ośmioletnia dziewczynka, zginęła, a 7 osób zostało rannych podczas trzęsienia ziemi o sile 6 stopni, do którego doszło dzisiaj niedaleko północno-zachodniego wybrzeża indonezyjskiej wyspy Sumatra.
(AGI) Indonesia: sisma 5,9 gradi a sumatra, morta bimba di 8 anni =Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:44:00 +0100.

(AGI) Giacarta, 22 gen. - Una bambina di otto anni e' morta e altre sette persone sono rimaste ferite per un terremoto di 5,9 gradi sull'isola di Sumatra, in Indonesia. La scossa sismica, seguita da un'altra di assestamento di magnitudo 4,7
...(more)
Les astéroïdes en approche de la TerreTue, 22 Jan 2013 11:33:00 +0100.

Les chercheurs ont découvert des centaines de milliers d'astéroïdes dans le Système solaire. La collision d'un astéroïde avec la Terre pourrait provoquer un incendie, un séisme ou un tsunami. Selon certaines hypothèses, les extinctions mass
...(more)

View more news

Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (40), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),