M 4.7 in China on 18 Sep 2020 20:55 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 1235882
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 43.8568 , 81.9273
Event Date: 18 Sep 2020 20:55 UTC
19 Sep 2020 04:55 Local
Exposed Population:
1890000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 19 Sep 2020 15:03 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000bpzl Scaled population (vector) 6.48  
  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

Articles: 50 | About casualties: 11 | Last hour: 0

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Despacho políticoSat, 19 Sep 2020 04:17:00 +0200.

1.- Es cierto. Todos estamos cansados de la vorágine de estos meses. De súbito, el bichito invisible, ínfimo, terrible nos removió la vida. Ningún terremoto, erupción volcánica o ciclón alguno nos había alterado de forma tan profunda y prol
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Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - September 12~18Fri, 18 Sep 2020 10:46:00 +0200.

A burnt car and debris are left in Phoenix, Oregon, on Sept. 13, 2020, after deadly wildfires that raged in western U.S. states. (Kyodo) The season's first catch of red snow crabs is landed at a port in Sakaiminato in Tottori Prefecture, w
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GSM Seeking Crowdfunding for Self-developed 270,000mAh Large-capacity ... Fri, 18 Sep 2020 08:47:00 +0200.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),