Overall Green Earthquake in Taiwan on 15 Aug 2026 11:30 UTC

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M 4.9 in Taiwan on 15 Aug 2026 11:30 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 1558387
Earthquake Magnitude:	4.9M
Depth:	66.4 Km
Lat/Lon:	24.4732 , 122.2931
Event Date:	15 Aug 2026 11:30 UTC 15 Aug 2026 19:30 Local
Exposed Population:	620 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at:	15 Aug 2026 11:51 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:	1.1 (Taiwan)

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
us6000tl0a	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 rapid impact	0
	C2 rapid impact	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

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