M 5.7 in Taiwan on 03 Apr 2024 00:35 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 1422327
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 24.1609 , 121.7097
Event Date: 03 Apr 2024 00:35 UTC
03 Apr 2024 08:35 Local
Exposed Population: Few people affected (in MMI>=VII)
Inserted at: 03 Apr 2024 00:53 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000m9gh Scaled population (vector) 1.92  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.82  
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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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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), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),