M 5.5 in China on 14 Aug 2022 08:20 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 1333573
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 33.1554 , 92.8196
Event Date: 14 Aug 2022 08:20 UTC
14 Aug 2022 16:20 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI VII
Few people affected (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 16 Aug 2022 06:11 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000iaqi Scaled population (vector) 0.6  
  C1 shakemap -0.37  
  C2 shakemap 0.76  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.82  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 464 | About casualties: 23 | Last hour: 0

Tonga to host next Tropic Twilight exercise2022-08-18T08:24+0200.

Aotearoa New Zealand will partner with Tonga to further support resilience and recovery from natural disasters, with a deployment of New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) personnel for engineering and rebuilding projects. Foreign Affairs Ministe
...(more)
Southern Chile hit by 5.7 magnitude quake2022-08-18T08:02+0200.

Santiago, Aug 18 (UNI) A 5.7 magnitude earthquake hit on Thursday the southern part of Chile, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) said. The tremor was registered at 02:10 GMT, 23 kilometers (over 14 miles) southeast of th
...(more)
Une chance sur six d’une éruption volcanique massive modifiant le mond ... 2022-08-18T06:41+0200.

Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai, un volcan sous-marin dans le Pacifique Sud, a craché des débris jusqu’à 25 milles dans l’atmosphère lors de son éruption le 15 janvier. Il a déclenché un tremblement de terre de magnitude 7,4, envoyant des vagues
...(more)
Magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes southern Chile – European-Mediterrane ... 2022-08-18T06:35+0200.

https://cdnn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e5/03/04/1082255122_0:159:3077:1890_1920x0_80_0_0_b4c2a55e3061cab6eb49d884e365d6a1.jpg. The quake was recorded at 02:10 GMT, 23 kilometers (more than 14 miles) southeast of Rancagua city and at a dept
...(more)

View more news

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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),