M 5.4 in Taiwan on 22 Apr 2024 21:04 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 1425399
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.4M
Depth: 4.8 Km
Lat/Lon: 23.698 , 121.574
Event Date: 22 Apr 2024 21:04 UTC
23 Apr 2024 05:04 Local
Exposed Population: Few people affected (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 22 Apr 2024 21:18 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.6 (Taiwan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000mt1q Scaled population (raster) 1.11  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  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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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), TWB (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),