M 5.7 in Taiwan from 03 Apr 2024 01:39 UTC to 01:39

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1422337
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 23.8555 , 121.8035
Event Date: 03 Apr 2024 01:39 UTC
03 Apr 2024 09:39 Local
Exposed Population: 220 thousand in MMI&>=V
Inserted at: 03 Apr 2024 01:57 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)
GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000m9h9 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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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

Fatal Rumble 4/7/2024 1:45:00 AM.

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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), TWB (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),