M 5 Off-shore on 25 Jul 2013 13:25 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 1000640
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 92.9 Km
Lat/Lon: -28.3708 , -177.9385
Event Date: 25 Jul 2013 13:25 UTC
25 Jul 2013 01:25 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 25 Jul 2013 14:05 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC n.a n.a
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 567 | About casualties: 54 | Last hour: 0

China earthquake death toll rises to 22Mon, 29 Jul 2013 08:03:00 +0200.

Beijing, 7 days ago A 6.6 magnitude earthquake in China's western Gansu province killed 22 people and seriously injured hundreds on Monday, state media said, adding that many homes in affected areas had collapsed. The quake hit Minxian and
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ARMENIEMon, 29 Jul 2013 07:47:00 +0200.

Le président de l’Académie des Sciences d’Arménie, Radik Martiroisan, a exhorté le gouvernement à accorder une plus grande attention au problème des constructions parasismiques parce que l’Arménie se trouve dans une zone sismique active. Ra
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Earthquakes Release Damaging Greenhouse Gas Methane in Ocean Bed – Stu ... Mon, 29 Jul 2013 07:06:00 +0200.

A study by German and Swiss scientists published in the journal Nature Geoscience has disclosed that earthquakes not only trigger landslides and tsunamis and do massive damages to infrastructure, not to mention lives lost. They also trigger
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Earthquake hits northern TurkeyMon, 29 Jul 2013 06:49:00 +0200.

An earthquake measuring 4.5 points hit the region of Kargi of Turkey's Chorum province, CNN Turk channel reported on Monday. No causalities or damage have been reported so far.

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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 (40), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),