M 4.7 in China on 03 Aug 2014 14:28 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 1037110
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 30.87 Km
Lat/Lon: 27.14 , 103.45
Event Date: 03 Aug 2014 14:28 UTC
03 Aug 2014 22:28 Local
Exposed Population:
6721701 people within 100km
Inserted at: 03 Aug 2014 20:15 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
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

China Voice: Disaster relief a military priority in peacetime 8/7/2014 1:42:00 PM.

BEIJING, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- The military is not established solely for the purpose of conducting wars, at least not in China. In a nation with frequent earthquakes and floods, disaster relief has become a major priority for the Chinese Peop
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Chine : une femme dégagée des décombres trois jours après le séisme 8/7/2014 1:38:00 PM.

LUDIAN, province du Yunnan, 7 août (Xinhua) -- Des secouristes de l'Armée populaire de libération (APL) de Chine ont dégagé une survivante des décombres, trois jours après le tremblement de terre de magnitude 6,5 qui a secoué la province du
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Foreign experts, media applaud China's swift earthquake response 8/7/2014 12:55:00 PM.

BEIJING, Aug. 7 -- Foreign experts and media have spoken highly of China's disaster relief efforts, saying China responded swiftly and efficiently to Sunday's deadly earthquake in its southwestern province of Yunnan. The Chinese government
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Se reportan 589 muerto, 2800 heridos y otros 9 desaparecidos por sismo.. 8/7/2014 12:46:00 PM.

08-07-2014 08:12 Reportaje especial : En la provincia de Yunnan, el sureste de China, el domingo, donde la cifra de fallecidos tras el sismo de 6.5 grados Richter hasta ahora se ha elevado a los 589 y se reportan más de 2800 heridos y otr
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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),