M 4.5 in Taiwan on 23 Apr 2024 00:03 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 1425427
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 20.7 Km
Lat/Lon: 23.6992 , 121.6391
Event Date: 23 Apr 2024 00:03 UTC
23 Apr 2024 08:03 Local
Exposed Population: 100 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 23 Apr 2024 00:27 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.6 (Taiwan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000mt3f Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

5.6-magnitude quake hits Taiwan: CENC 4/26/2024 11:49:00 PM.

BEIJING, April 27 (Xinhua) -- A 5.6-magnitude earthquake jolted sea area off Taiwan's Hualien County at 2:21 a.m. Saturday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter was monitored at 24.08 degrees north latitud
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5.6-magnitude quake hits Taiwan: CENC 4/26/2024 11:48:00 PM.

BEIJING, April 27 (Xinhua) -- A 5.6-magnitude earthquake jolted sea area off Taiwan's Hualien County at 2:21 a.m. Saturday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter was monitored at 24.08 degrees north latitud
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Un séisme de magnitude 6,1 frappe Taïwan 4/26/2024 11:06:00 PM.

Publié aujourd'hui à 21h54 Taïwan a été frappée samedi à l'aube par un séisme de magnitude 6,1, a annoncé son agence météorologique, sans déclencher d'alerte au tsunami dans cette l'île qui a enregistré lundi et mardi de nombreuses secou
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), TWB (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),