M 5.1 in Taiwan on 07 Sep 2024 05:16 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 1444936
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 21.9 Km
Lat/Lon: 23.9169 , 121.7303
Event Date: 07 Sep 2024 05:16 UTC
07 Sep 2024 13:16 Local
Exposed Population:
200 thousand in MMI V
Inserted at: 07 Sep 2024 05:35 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.6 (Taiwan)

GDACS Score

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us6000nq8y Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 5 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Subsidies for post-quake Taitung travel extended 2024-09-10 The Touris.. 9/10/2024 7:26:00 AM.

The Tourism Administration has agreed to extend post-quake travel subsidies in Taitung County from Sept. 30 to the end of November, the county government said today. Tourists can get a NT$1,000 (US$31) subsidy per weekday night — from Monda
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Moderate mag. 4.4 earthquake - Philippine Sea, 56 km northeast of Lan .. 9/9/2024 3:27:00 PM.

Nearby places The closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Taitung City , a city with more than 110,000 inhabitants in Taiwan , in 78 km (49 mi) distance northwest of the epicenter. People likely experienced weak shaking
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Moderate mag. 4.0 earthquake - 13 km southwest of Hualien City, Taiwan.. 9/7/2024 10:11:00 PM.

Based on data from the past 14 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 161 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi): Mag. 7 or higher: 0.13 quakes per year (or 1 q
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Taiwan conducts disaster response drills, issues earthquake warning 9/6/2024 1:05:00 PM.

TAIPEI, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) — Taiwan will hold a series of drills from Sept. 18 to 20 to mark the annual National Disaster Prevention Day, including sending an emergency alert message warning of an earthquake, the Interior Ministry said Thursd
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Exposed population

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Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), TWB (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),