M 5.5 in China on 19 Sep 2022 02:07 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 1338333
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 13.006 Km
Lat/Lon: 23.4025 , 121.408
Event Date: 19 Sep 2022 02:07 UTC
19 Sep 2022 10:07 Local
Exposed Population: Less than 100 people in MMI VII
Few people affected (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 19 Sep 2022 02:28 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.6 (Taiwan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)
GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000i96l Scaled population (raster) 1.83  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  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

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