M 4.6 in Mongolia on 15 Apr 2021 16:42 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 1264889
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 17.13 Km
Lat/Lon: 51.2274 , 100.4112
Event Date: 15 Apr 2021 16:42 UTC
16 Apr 2021 00:42 Local
Exposed Population:
About 19000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 Apr 2021 19:06 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
5.1 (Mongolia)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Mongolia= 5.1; Russia= 4.6

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000e1vu Scaled population (vector) 4.12  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 13 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Additional seismic stations to be installed 1 minuteFri, 16 Apr 2021 08:55:00 +0200.

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. On April 15, Deputy Prime Minister of Mongolia S.Amarsaikhan worked at the Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics and gave an order to conduct studies in establishing new seismic stations designed for earthquake predi
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Moderate mag. 4.8 earthquake - Russia-Mongolia Border Region on Thursd ... Thu, 15 Apr 2021 19:13:00 +0200.

A shallow magnitude 4.8 earthquake was reported after midnight near Turt, Khankh, Hövsgöl Aymag, Mongolia. According to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), the quake hit on Friday 16 April 2021 at 12:42 am local time at a shal
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5.5-magnitude Quake Hits Northern Mongolia - UrduPointWed, 31 Mar 2021 17:18:00 +0200.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 hit the northern Mongolian province of Khuvsgul on Wednesday morning, according to the country's Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics. ULAN BATOR, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 31st Mar, 20
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Mongolia, Russia: Magnitude-5.2 earthquake occurs at Mongolia-Russia b ... Wed, 31 Mar 2021 03:33:00 +0200.

Event. A magnitude-5.2 earthquake occurred in the Mongolia-Russia border region at around 08:01 ULAT March 31. The epicenter was about 42 km (26 miles) south southwest of Turt, Mongolia. The tremor occurred at a depth of about 10 km (6 mile
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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),