M 4.5 in China on 11 Sep 2014 16:29 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 1039658
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 32.26 Km
Lat/Lon: 28.23 , 103.54
Event Date: 11 Sep 2014 16:29 UTC
12 Sep 2014 00:29 Local
Exposed Population:
5681657 people within 100km
Inserted at: 11 Sep 2014 19:18 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

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HK government approves 13-mln-grants for Yunnan earthquake victims 9/10/2014 1:23:00 PM.

HONG KONG, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- The government of China's Hong Kong on Wednesday approved from the Disaster Relief Fund grants totaling 13.286 million HK dollars to earthquake victims in Yunnan Province. A government spokesman said that the
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4.2-magnitude quake jolts SW China 9/10/2014 1:12:00 PM.

A 4.2-magnitude earthquake struck China's Ludian County in southwest China's Yunnan Province at 4:59 pm on Wednesday, the China Earthquake Networks Center said. The epicenter was monitored at 27.1 degrees north latitude and 103.4 degrees ea
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4.2-magnitude quake jolts SW China 9/10/2014 1:11:00 PM.

BEIJING, Sept. 10 -- A 4.2-magnitude earthquake struck China's Ludian County in southwest China's Yunnan Province at 4:59 p.m. on Wednesday, the China Earthquake Networks Center said. The epicenter was monitored at 27.1 degrees north latitu
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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),