M 4.6 in Taiwan on 18 Sep 2024 15:09 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 1446302
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 34.2 Km
Lat/Lon: 23.9553 , 122.472
Event Date: 18 Sep 2024 15:09 UTC
18 Sep 2024 23:09 Local
Exposed Population:
670 thousand in MMI III
Inserted at: 18 Sep 2024 15:44 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Taiwan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000nsw5 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

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Taipei, Sept. 22 (BNA): A 5.3 magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan''s sparsely populated east coast county of Hualien on Saturday, the island''s weather....
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Taipei, Sept. 22 (BNA): A 5.3 magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan''s sparsely populated east coast county of Hualien on Saturday, the island''s weather administration said, with no immediate reports of damage. The quake shook buildings in th
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Taiwan rattled by 5.3-magnitude quake, no immediate reports of damage 9/22/2024 1:34:00 AM.

TAIPEI - A 5.3-magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan’s sparsely populated east coast county of Hualien on Sept 21, the island’s weather administration said, with no immediate reports of damage. The quake shook buildings in the capital, Taipei.
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Taiwan Earthquake: 5.3-magnitude quake hits Taiwan''s east coast 9/21/2024 9:28:00 PM.

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck off the east coast of Taiwan on Saturday, hitting Hualien County, the island’s meteorological department said. There were no immediate reports of damage after the quake shook buildings in the capital, Taipe
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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 (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), TWB (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),