M 4.6 in China on 14 Jan 2014 16:44 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 1023438
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 20.71 Km
Lat/Lon: 23.8543 , 120.9601
Event Date: 14 Jan 2014 16:44 UTC
15 Jan 2014 00:44 Local
Exposed Population:
7442688 people within 100km
Inserted at: 14 Jan 2014 17:54 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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Latest media headlines

Chinatrust invites kids affected by Ya'an earthquake to take a tour of.. 1/16/2014 7:52:00 PM.

(ChinaPost.com.tw) - To ten kids from Sichuan province's Ya'an city, — who have never been to Taiwan in their life — the island might merely just warrant a one-page introduction on the Internet; but after visiting Taipei 101, the National P
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CTBC backs field trip for disadvantaged Chinese kids 1/14/2014 8:36:00 PM.

(ChinaPost.com.tw) - With the assistance of the CTBC Charity Foundation, 10 rural middle school students from mainland China get to visit Taiwan and experience many things for the first time in their lives.
La Caixa recauda 760.000 euros para los damnificados por 'Yolanda' 1/13/2014 6:47:00 PM.

La cuenta solidaria de la Fundación 'la Caixa' para los damnificados por el tifón 'Yolanda' en Filipinas ha logrado recaudar más de 760.000 euros. Las aportaciones se destinarán íntegramente al trabajo de UNICEF en el país, con el fin de fa
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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), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),