M 6.8 in China from 18 Sep 2022 06:44 UTC to 06:44

Event summary

This earthquake can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1338219
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.8M
Glide number: EQ-2022-000313-CHN
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 23.13 , 121.27
Event Date: 18 Sep 2022 06:44 UTC
18 Sep 2022 14:44 Local
Exposed Population: 2.3 million in 100km
Inserted at: 18 Sep 2022 06:54 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.6 (China)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
GEOFON 0 0.1 0.1
gfz2022shod Scaled population (vector) 0 Max wave alert 0.19m  
  C1 earthquake 1 Max wave realtime 0.19m  
  C2 earthquake 0      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 1      
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (91), (5), NEIC (5), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),