M 4.9 in China on 15 Jul 2019 17:41 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 1183458
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 8.56 Km
Lat/Lon: 31.7978 , 91.1423
Event Date: 15 Jul 2019 17:41 UTC
16 Jul 2019 01:41 Local
Exposed Population:
120000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 Jul 2019 18:20 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us70004ksw Scaled population (vector) 4.76  
  C1 earthquake 1.39  
  C2 earthquake -0.24  
  Country Vulnerability 0.26  
  INFORM_normalised 0.82  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 232 | About casualties: 36 | Last hour: 0

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LHASA, July 19 (Xinhua) -- A 5.6-magnitude earthquake jolted Cona County in the city of Shannan, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region at 5:22 p.m. on Friday, with no casualties reported yet as of 7 p.m., said local authorities. The loc
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No casualties reported yet from Tibet's 5.6-magnitude quakeFri, 19 Jul 2019 13:56:00 +0200.

LHASA, July 19 (Xinhua) -- A 5.6-magnitude earthquake jolted Cona County in the city of Shannan, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region at 5:22 p.m. on Friday, with no casualties reported yet as of 7 p.m., said local authorities. The loc
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5.6-magnitude quake hits Tibet: CENCFri, 19 Jul 2019 12:52:00 +0200.

A 5.6-magnitude earthquake jolted Cona County in the city of Shannan, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region at 5:22 p.m. Friday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter was monitored at 27.
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5.6-magnitude quake hits Tibet: CENCFri, 19 Jul 2019 12:25:00 +0200.

BEIJING, July 19 (Xinhua) -- A 5.6-magnitude earthquake jolted Cona County in the city of Shannan, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region at 5:22 p.m. Friday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The e
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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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),