M 6 in Taiwan on 22 Apr 2024 18:32 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 1425374
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 23.8672 , 121.5385
Event Date: 22 Apr 2024 18:32 UTC
23 Apr 2024 02:32 Local
Exposed Population: 20 thousand (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 22 Apr 2024 18:51 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.6 (Taiwan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.4 0.4
us6000mt0s Scaled population (vector) 3.19  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.82  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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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.

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Latest media headlines

Articles: 419 | About casualties: 55 | Last hour: 1

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L’application « Taiwan Earthquake Quick Report » est devenue très populaire récemment. Il est étonnant qu’elle ait été créée par Lin Ziyou, un lycéen. L’équipe “Diniu Wake Up! Taiwan Earthquake Early Report” a publié cet après-midi une décl
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Strong mag. 5.0 earthquake - 23 km southeast of Hualien City, Taiwan, ... 2024-04-26T14:46+0200.

Based on data from the past 14 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 156 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi): Mag. 7 or higher: 0.13 quakes per year (or 1 q
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Better Understanding of Earthquake Risks2024-04-26T11:03+0200.

When one tectonic plate slides underneath another tectonic plate, strong earthquakes result rather frequently. The severe earthquake off the coast of Taiwan in early April 2024 also took place at such a subduction interface. A study of rese
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Better Understanding Of Earthquake Risks2024-04-26T10:22+0200.

When one tectonic plate slides underneath another tectonic plate, strong earthquakes result rather frequently. The severe earthquake off the coast of Taiwan in early April 2024 also took place at such a subduction interface. A study of rese
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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),