M 4.5 in China on 08 Jan 2022 06:30 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 1305046
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 37.7645 , 101.3693
Event Date: 08 Jan 2022 06:30 UTC
08 Jan 2022 14:30 Local
Exposed Population:
1 million in 100km
Inserted at: 09 Jan 2022 00:33 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000ga4x Scaled population (vector) 5.73  
  C1 earthquake 1.39  
  C2 earthquake -0.24  
  Country Vulnerability 0.26  
  INFORM_normalised 0.82  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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Natural disasters cost Asia-Pacific US$ 50 billion 1/11/2022 3:11:00 PM.

Milan (AsiaNews/Agencies) Worldwide natural disasters caused an estimated US$ 280 billion in economic losses in 2021, the second most expensive year after 2017, this according to Germany-based Munich Re, one of the largest insurance compani
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Disastri naturali costati all'Asia-Pacifico 50 miliardi di dollari 1/11/2022 12:34:00 PM.

Milano (AsiaNews/Agenzie) - In tutto il mondo i disastri naturali hanno causato perdite economiche per 280 miliardi di dollari (247 miliardi di euro) nel 2021, che risulta così essere il secondo anno più costoso dopo il 2017. A dirlo è Muni
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A section of the Great Wall collapses after earthquake in northwest Ch.. 1/11/2022 9:14:00 AM.

CHINA WALL. Beijing, Jan 11 (EFE) .- A two-meter section of the Great Wall of China collapsed as a result of the 6.9-degree earthquake on the open Richter scale that shook the northwest of the country last Saturday, official media reported
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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), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),