Overall Green Earthquake alert in China on 21 Jul 2013 23:45 UTC

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M 5.9 in China on 21 Jul 2013 23:45 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 1000595
Earthquake Magnitude:	5.9M
Depth:	9.8 Km
Lat/Lon:	34.4991 , 104.2427
Event Date:	21 Jul 2013 23:45 UTC 22 Jul 2013 07:45 Local
Exposed Population:	About 65000 people in MMI 4890000 people within 100km
Inserted at:	22 Jul 2013 02:11 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0.8		0.8
usb000ije3	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

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Articles: 1345 | About casualties: 367 | Last hour: 0

Miles de personas sin hogar tras sismo en ChinaTue, 23 Jul 2013 17:36:00 +0200.

El gobierno ha enviado ayuda a la región afectada. Para las personas que se quedaron sin hogar destinó 10.000 tiendas, 30.000 mantas de algodón, 5.000 camas de campaña y 10.000 sacos de dormir. El sismo se produjo en la mañana del lunes en

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China earthquake rescue teams search for survivors - videoTue, 23 Jul 2013 17:32:00 +0200.

Helicopter rescue teams pull survivors out of rubble following a powerful earthquake and aftershock in China on Monday that has killed at least 94 people

Fukushima Fall-out: Tepco's Stock Slumps After Toxic Leak DisclosureTue, 23 Jul 2013 17:16:00 +0200.

Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco), the operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, has confessed that radioactive groundwater from the power plant has leaked into the sea. Tepco's stock price finished 6.69% lower at 656 yen (4.2, €

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China quake survivors bury their deadTue, 23 Jul 2013 17:04:00 +0200.

The traumatised survivors of two shallow earthquakes that killed at least 94 people in China began burying their dead.

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (47), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),

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