M 4.7 in China on 10 Jan 2021 03:23 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 1250973
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 11.42 Km
Lat/Lon: 23.7206 , 121.5521
Event Date: 10 Jan 2021 03:23 UTC
10 Jan 2021 11:23 Local
Exposed Population:
1900000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 10 Jan 2021 03:45 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000d74m Scaled population (vector) 6.12  
  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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 62 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Te contamos de los 12 desastres naturales más mortíferos de la histori ... Wed, 13 Jan 2021 11:28:00 +0100.

Grandes Medios cuenta que cerca de 100.000 personas mueren cada año en desastres naturales (terremotos, erupciones volcánicas, huracanes, tsunamis, inundaciones, incendios forestales y sequías), mientras que más de 150 millones se ven afect
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Union Minister Thura U Aung Ko inspects progress in renovation works a ... Wed, 13 Jan 2021 08:27:00 +0100.

UNION Minister for Religious Affairs and Culture Thura U Aung Ko, along with Directors-General for Department of Religious Affairs and the Department of Archaeology and National Museum, inspected the maintenance and renovation at the Bagan
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Union Minister Thura U Aung Ko inspects progress in renovation works a ... Tue, 12 Jan 2021 21:36:00 +0100.

Union Minister for Religious Affairs and Culture Thura U Aung Ko, along with Directors-General for Department of Religious Affairs and the Department of Archaeology and National Museum, inspected the maintenance and renovation at the Bagan
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China debuts bullet train that can operate in extremely cold temperatu ... Mon, 11 Jan 2021 12:28:00 +0100.

These include: bolts made with chromium-molybdenum alloy -- a material that endures extremely low temperatures; silicone sealing strips, which prevent snow and ice from getting into the train body; temperature-resistant brake control device
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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),