M 4.6 in China on 05 Sep 2022 05:38 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 1336290
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 31.893 , 92.787
Event Date: 05 Sep 2022 05:38 UTC
05 Sep 2022 13:38 Local
Exposed Population:
20 thousand in MMI&>=IV
Inserted at: 05 Sep 2022 06:04 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000i5am Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact -0.37  
  C2 rapid impact 0.76  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.82  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 871 | About casualties: 321 | Last hour: 0

Death toll of 6.8-magnitude quake in China rises to 862022-09-09T04:56+0200.

A total of 86 people have been killed, and 35 remain missing after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake jolted Luding County in southwest China's Sichuan Province on September 5, local authorities said on September 8 The rescue headquarters said that
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Rescue underway in quake-hit Sichuan2022-09-09T04:35+0200.

Cellphone photo taken on Sept. 7, 2022 shows rescuers sending earthquake relief supplies to Moxi Town of Luding County, southwest China's Sichuan Province. (Photo by Hong Fule/Xinhua) Cellphone photo taken on Sept. 7, 2022 shows rescuers ma
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Death toll in China's Sichuan earthquake rises to 862022-09-09T04:04+0200.

The death toll from a 6.8 magnitude earthquake that struck the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan has risen to 86, state media reported on Thursday. Monday's quake, the strongest to hit the province since 2017, has injured more than 2
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Rescue underway in quake-hit Sichuan2022-09-09T03:23+0200.

Cellphone photo taken on Sept. 7, 2022 shows rescuers sending earthquake relief supplies to Moxi Town of Luding County, southwest China's Sichuan Province. (Photo by Hong Fule/Xinhua) Cellphone photo taken on Sept. 7, 2022 shows rescuers ma
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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),