M 5.4 in Taiwan on 06 May 2024 09:52 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 1427542
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.4M
Depth: 28.9 Km
Lat/Lon: 23.7314 , 121.5507
Event Date: 06 May 2024 09:52 UTC
06 May 2024 17:52 Local
Exposed Population: 40 thousand in MMI VI
Inserted at: 06 May 2024 12:50 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.6 (Taiwan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000mwnh Scaled population (vector) 0  
  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.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 63 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 7

Taiwan rattled by 5.8 magnitude quake, no immediate reports of damage2024-05-10T09:52+0200.

Country: Taiwan SHARE; A 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck off Taiwan's east coast on Friday, the island's weather administration said, with no immediate reports of damage. The quake shook buildings in the capital, Taipei. The quake had a dep
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Chip giant TSMC's April revenue jumps 60% on-year2024-05-10T09:31+0200.

The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company controls more than half the world's output of chips, and supplies them for everything from Apple's iPhones to Nvidia's cutting-edge artificial intelligence hardware. Consolidated revenues for A
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Chip giant TSMC's April revenue jumps 60% on-year2024-05-10T09:25+0200.

- AFP) Taiwanese chip giant TSMC's April revenue jumped nearly 60 percent on-year, the firm said Friday, riding a huge wave of demand for the advanced semiconductors used in AI hardware. The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company contro
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Chip giant TSMC’s April revenue jumps 60% on-year2024-05-10T09:24+0200.

Taiwanese chip giant TSMC’s April revenue jumped nearly 60 percent on-year, the firm said Friday, riding a huge wave of demand for the advanced semiconductors used in AI hardware. The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company controls more
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), TWB (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),