M 4.8 in China on 23 Dec 2015 19:47 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 1076818
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 27.29 Km
Lat/Lon: 43.8835 , 87.6888
Event Date: 23 Dec 2015 19:47 UTC
24 Dec 2015 03:47 Local
Exposed Population:
2102693 people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 Dec 2015 22:03 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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Meteo assessment
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Domingo, 27 de diciembre de 2015 (12.00 GMT) 12/27/2015 1:04:00 PM.

CHINA TERRORISMO. China se arma con su primera y controvertida ley para la lucha antiterrorista. Pekín.- China se armó hoy con la primera Ley Antiterrorista de su historia, que fue aprobada por el Legislativo a pesar de las fuertes críticas
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Domingo, 27 de diciembre de 2015 (12.00 GMT) 12/27/2015 1:02:00 PM.

China se armó hoy con la primera Ley Antiterrorista de su historia, que fue aprobada por el Legislativo a pesar de las fuertes críticas despertadas por el contenido de los borradores conocido previamente. La Asamblea Nacional Popular, el má
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Domingo, 27 de diciembre de 2015 (12.00 GMT) 12/27/2015 12:57:00 PM.

China se armó hoy con la primera Ley Antiterrorista de su historia, que fue aprobada por el Legislativo a pesar de las fuertes críticas despertadas por el contenido de los borradores conocido previamente. La Asamblea Nacional Popular, el má
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Owner of China's collapsed gypsum mine commits suicide 12/27/2015 7:52:00 AM.

Beijing: The owner of a gypsum mine in China committed suicide by jumping into a well during rescue operations for 17 workers still trapped in mine after it collapsed two days ago killing one person. A total of 29 people were working underg
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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),