M 6.1 in China on 21 May 2021 13:48 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a high humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1269679
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.1M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 25.7614 , 100.0076
Event Date: 21 May 2021 13:48 UTC
21 May 2021 21:48 Local
Exposed Population: About 1000 people in MMI
3800000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 May 2021 14:23 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 2.5 2.5
us7000e532 Scaled population (raster) 4.54  
  C1 shakemap -0.37  
  C2 shakemap 0.76  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.82  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

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17 injured in northwest China quake discharged from hospital 5/28/2021 7:53:00 AM.

XINING, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Seventeen people injured in a 7.4-magnitude earthquake in northwest China's Qinghai Province were discharged from hospital by Thursday morning, local authorities said. The earthquake, which jolted Maduo County of
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Authorities allocate more relief materials to quake-hit Qinghai 5/28/2021 3:22:00 AM.

BEIJING, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Chinese authorities have allocated more relief materials to northwest China's Qinghai after a 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit the province early Saturday. The Ministry of Emergency Management (MEE) and the National
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),