M 5.1 in China on 16 Aug 2014 22:07 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 1038080
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 28.18 , 103.57
Event Date: 16 Aug 2014 22:07 UTC
17 Aug 2014 06:07 Local
Exposed Population:
5915141 people within 100km
Inserted at: 16 Aug 2014 22:30 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.3 0.3
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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
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Latest media headlines

El capital es implacable 8/20/2014 4:22:00 AM.

Caracas, 19 Ago. AVN.- Según el Instituto de Estudios para la Paz de Estocolmo (SIPRI) el más prestigioso centro de investigaciones sobre desarrollo de armamento, gasto militar, comercio de armas y seguridad internacional en todo el planeta
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1.1-M new jobs possible if government achieves 2014 growth targets 8/20/2014 2:40:00 AM.

If the government attains its growth targets for the year, the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) believes the Philippine economy can create over a million jobs this year.
... .Full stories 8/19/2014 4:47:00 PM.

Help urged for earthquake victims in China. (KPL) The Lao-Chinese Friendship Association on 13 August announced a request for assistance for the victims of the recent severe earthquake in Yunnan, China. A 6.5 magnitude earthquake hit Zhaoto
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The day that time stood still: hundreds die in Yunnan quake despite wa.. 8/19/2014 4:19:00 PM.

In a way, time stopped at about 4.30pm on August 3 for Cao Zhengxian. Just before that, the Zhaotong fault deep below Ludian county in the Wumeng mountains in Yunnan province slipped, unleashing a powerful earthquake.

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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),