M 5.5 in China on 19 Sep 2022 02:07 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 1338333
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 13.006 Km
Lat/Lon: 23.4025 , 121.408
Event Date: 19 Sep 2022 02:07 UTC
19 Sep 2022 10:07 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI VII
Few people affected (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 19 Sep 2022 02:28 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.6 (Taiwan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000i96l Scaled population (raster) 1.83  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.82  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 1414 | About casualties: 154 | Last hour: 0

A 'desert tsunami' observed in the United States after the earthquake ... 2022-09-23T02:10+0200.

2022-09-23T00:08:45.441Z. Not long ago, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Mexico. I have also seen many articles that a natural phenomenon called 'desert tsunami' was observed in Death Valley, USA, more than 2,000 km away under the influenc
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Amérique du Nord: Un séisme au Mexique provoque un «tsunami» dans la v ... 2022-09-23T02:08+0200.

Le Cyprinodon diabolis, une espèce rare de poisson, endémique à Devils Hole et qui se nourrit d’algues poussant dans la caverne, semble s’en être tout de même sorti indemne. Le puissant tremblement de terre qui a secoué le Mexique lundi a
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Amérique du NordUn séisme au Mexique provoque un «tsunami» dans la val ... 2022-09-23T02:06+0200.

Le Cyprinodon diabolis, une espèce rare de poisson, endémique à Devils Hole et qui se nourrit d’algues poussant dans la caverne, semble s’en être tout de même sorti indemne. Le puissant tremblement de terre qui a secoué le Mexique lundi a
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Live Oak2022-09-23T02:00+0200.

SANTA CRUZ — A former Live Oak scouts leader and foster parent was sentenced to 45 years to life in state prison Thursday, as the child molester heard emotional statements from some of his numerous victims. – Construction of the ’s crown j
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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), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),