M 4.6 in China on 15 Apr 2021 22:26 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 1264910
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 32.488 , 78.7179
Event Date: 15 Apr 2021 22:26 UTC
16 Apr 2021 06:26 Local
Exposed Population:
About 44000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 Apr 2021 22:48 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.6 (India)
INFORM Coping capacity list: India= 4.6; China= 3.6

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000e1yd Scaled population (vector) 4.36  
  C1 earthquake 0.74  
  C2 earthquake -0.08  
  Country Vulnerability -0.39  
  INFORM_normalised 0.94  
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Latest media headlines

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Moderate tremor of magnitude 4.3 just reported 71 km north of Atambua, ... Mon, 19 Apr 2021 19:37:00 +0200.

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake near Xigaze, Tibet, China, was reported only 23 minutes ago by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), considered one of the key international agencies that monitor seismic activity worldwide. The
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Moderate 4.3 quake hits near Xigaze, Tibet, ChinaMon, 19 Apr 2021 15:07:00 +0200.

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake near Xigaze, Tibet, China, was reported only 23 minutes ago by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), considered one of the key international agencies that monitor seismic activity worldwide. The
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6.1-magnitude quake hits Taiwan: CENCMon, 19 Apr 2021 05:05:00 +0200.

BEIJING, April 18 (Xinhua) -- A 6.1-magnitude earthquake jolted Hualien County in eastern Taiwan at 10:14 p.m. Sunday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter, with a depth of 5 km, was monitored at 23.94 deg
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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),