M 4.5 in China on 01 May 2024 19:17 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 1426838
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 40.9399 , 78.2902
Event Date: 01 May 2024 19:17 UTC
02 May 2024 03:17 Local
Exposed Population:
20 thousand in MMI&>=IV
Inserted at: 01 May 2024 19:38 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.5 (Kyrgyzstan)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Kyrgyzstan= 4.5; China= 3.6

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000mvi9 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 32 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Taiwan pursues homegrown satellite network amid tensions with China2024-05-05T15:32+0200.

HSINCHU: Amid the persistent tensions with China, Taiwan is forging ahead with an ambitious venture: the development of its own satellite network, aimed at safeguarding the island's connectivity during emergencies, CNN reported. In an exclu
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Moderate mag. 3.9 earthquake - 69 km northwest of Kucha, Xinjiang, Chi ... 2024-05-05T14:20+0200.

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Kucha , a town with 68,000 inhabitants in China , in 69 km (43 mi) distance southeast of the epicenter. People likely experienced very weak shaking there. The fol
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Taiwan pursues homegrown satellite network amid tensions with China2024-05-05T14:10+0200.

Hsinchu [Taiwan], May 5 (ANI): Amid the persistent tensions with China, Taiwan is forging ahead with an ambitious venture: the development of its own satellite network, aimed at safeguarding the island's connectivity during emergencies, CNN
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Taiwan pursues homegrown satellite network amid tensions with China2024-05-05T14:03+0200.

Hsinchu [Taiwan], May 5 (ANI): Amid the persistent tensions with China, Taiwan is forging ahead with an ambitious venture: the development of its own satellite network, aimed at safeguarding the island's connectivity during emergencies, CNN
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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),