M 4.8 in China on 23 May 2024 14:30 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 1430034
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 41.7853 , 82.4865
Event Date: 23 May 2024 14:30 UTC
23 May 2024 22:30 Local
Exposed Population:
10 thousand in MMI V
Inserted at: 23 May 2024 15:13 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000n0g7 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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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

Articles: 476 | About casualties: 26 | Last hour: 13

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Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Aral , a city with more than 260,000 inhabitants in China , in 38 km (23 mi) distance north of the epicenter. People likely experienced weak shaking there. The fo
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Moderate mag. 4.2 earthquake - 41 km west of Karamay, Xinjiang, China, ... 2024-05-27T14:29+0200.

Based on data from the past 14 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 109 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi): Mag. 5 or higher: 0.42 quakes per year (or 1 q
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12:15 San Felipe registra sismo de magnitud 4.22024-05-27T14:19+0200.

El Servicio Sismológico Nacional (SSN) informó sobre un temblor de magnitud 4.2 generado este 27 de mayo cerca de San Felipe , que sucedió a las 5:05 horario local (11:05 UTC). Información preliminar señala que el sismo tuvo un epicentro 81
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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), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),