M 4.9 in Taiwan on 05 Apr 2024 15:00 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 1422790
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 17.1 Km
Lat/Lon: 24.2445 , 121.7856
Event Date: 05 Apr 2024 15:00 UTC
05 Apr 2024 23:00 Local
Exposed Population:
4 thousand in MMI V
Inserted at: 05 Apr 2024 15:43 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.6 (Taiwan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000ma78 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Latest media headlines

A strong Earthquake hits Indonesia 4/9/2024 2:51:00 PM.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 on the Richter scale hit the northern area of the Molucca Sea, off the coast of Indonesia, the German Center for Geoscience Research (GFZ) announced. The epicenter of the earthquake was at a depth of te
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Un s?©isme de magnitude 6,6 frappe ce pays 4/9/2024 2:50:00 PM.

Cette région d’Indonésie fréquemment frappée par les tremblements de terre vient d’enregistrer un nouveau séisme. Un séisme de magnitude 6,6 a frappé mardi les îles des Moluques situées à l’est de l’Indonésie, a indiqué le service géologiqu
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6.6-magnitude quake hits eastern Indonesia, no tsunami alert: USGS 4/9/2024 2:47:00 PM.

JAKARTA: A magnitude-6.6 earthquake hit Indonesia’s eastern region on Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey said, with no tsunami warning issued. The quake struck off Halmahera island in North Maluku province at 0948 GMT at a depth o
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6.6-magnitude quake hits eastern Indonesia, no tsunami alert: USGS 4/9/2024 2:40:00 PM.

A magnitude-6.6 earthquake hit Indonesia's eastern region on Tuesday, the United States Geological Survey said, with no tsunami warning issued. The quake struck off Halmahera island in North Maluku province at 0948 GMT at a depth of about 3
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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 (41), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),