M 4.5 in China on 25 Feb 2014 02:00 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 1026541
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 10.04 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.4575 , 90.6617
Event Date: 25 Feb 2014 02:00 UTC
25 Feb 2014 10:00 Local
Exposed Population:
About 1257 people within 100km
Inserted at: 25 Feb 2014 03:51 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
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.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Chinese public urged to play bigger role in disaster management 2/28/2014 8:27:00 AM.

KUNMING, Feb. 28 -- The Chinese public should be more involved in community-based disaster prevention and relief, said a senior official with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Yang Fang, assistant country director of UNDP Chi
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Public urged to play bigger role in disaster management 2/28/2014 7:27:00 AM.

The Chinese public should be more involved in community-based disaster prevention and relief, said a senior official with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Chinese public urged to play bigger role in disaster management 2/28/2014 6:32:00 AM.

KUNMING, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese public should be more involved in community-based disaster prevention and relief, said a senior official with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Yang Fang, assistant country director of
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Ties with Taiwan enhanced 2/28/2014 3:55:00 AM.

Deals signed to bolster efforts in disaster relief and prevention The mainland and Taiwan signed two agreements in Taipei on Thursday to expand cooperation in meteorological and earthquake monitoring, and disaster prevention and relief.

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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 (40), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),