M 5 in China on 08 Jul 2014 21:52 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 1035690
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 15.51 Km
Lat/Lon: 39.326 , 78.1684
Event Date: 08 Jul 2014 21:52 UTC
09 Jul 2014 05:52 Local
Exposed Population:
977460 people within 100km
Inserted at: 08 Jul 2014 22:53 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.2 0.2
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

5.1-magnitude quake hits sea off Taiwan: CENC 7/11/2014 4:30:00 PM.

BEIJING, July 11 (Xinhua) -- A 5.1-magnitude earthquake jolted sea off northern Taiwan at 9:11 p.m. Friday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter was monitored at 26.3 degrees north latitude
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No casualties reported from Xinjiang's 5.1-magnitude quake 7/9/2014 5:39:00 AM.

No casualties have been reported after a 5.1-magnitude earthquake hit Makit County in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on Wednesday morning.
No casualties reported from Xinjiang's 5.1-magnitude quake 7/9/2014 4:21:00 AM.

URUMQI, July 9 -- No casualties have been reported after a 5.1-magnitude earthquake hit Makit County in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Wednesday morning. Residents in the county seat, 71 km from the epicenter, said th
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Aucune victime dans le séisme au Xinjiang 7/9/2014 3:57:00 AM.

URUMQI, 9 juillet (Xinhua) -- Aucune victime n'a été signalée à la suite d'un séisme de magnitude 5,1 qui a secoué mercredi matin le district de Makit dans la région autonome ouïgoure du Xinjiang (nord-ouest). Les habitants du chef-lieu du
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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 (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),