M 4.9 in China on 29 Sep 2020 01:14 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 1237298
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 13.6 Km
Lat/Lon: 22.423 , 121.1324
Event Date: 29 Sep 2020 01:14 UTC
29 Sep 2020 09:14 Local
Exposed Population:
3770000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 29 Sep 2020 01:35 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000c2d2 Scaled population (vector) 6.01  
  C1 earthquake 1.39  
  C2 earthquake -0.24  
  Country Vulnerability 0.26  
  INFORM_normalised 0.82  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 69 | About casualties: 18 | Last hour: 0

10,000 Trees May Be Cut For Expanding Dehradun Airport: ReportFri, 02 Oct 2020 16:30:00 +0200.

Dehradun: Up to 10,000 trees could be chopped down for the expansion of Uttarakhand's main airport in Dehradun, news agency PTI reported on Friday, quoting forest department officials. The move to cut the trees in the Thano range of the Deh
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MIL-OSI China: 5.0-magnitude quake hits waters off eastern TaiwanWed, 30 Sep 2020 10:26:00 +0200.

A 5.0-magnitude earthquake jolted the waters off eastern Taiwan at 12:37 p.m. Beijing Time on Wednesday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter was monitored at 24.85 degrees north latitude and 122.14 degree
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5.0-magnitude quake hits waters off eastern TaiwanWed, 30 Sep 2020 09:51:00 +0200.

A 5.0-magnitude earthquake jolted the waters off eastern Taiwan at 12:37 p.m. Beijing Time on Wednesday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter was monitored at 24.85 degrees north latitude and 122.14 degree
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No damage, injuries reported after earthquake in Northern TaiwanWed, 30 Sep 2020 08:43:00 +0200.

The intensity was 3 in Taipei, New Taipei and Taoyuan counties, and 2 in Taichung, the data showed. (NOWnews) TAIPEI (The China Post) — A magnitude 5.9 earthquake shook northern Taiwan at 12:37 p.m. Wednesday, according to the Central Weat
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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),