M 5.2 in Venezuela on 16 Apr 2015 02:24 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 1052093
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 76.54 Km
Lat/Lon: 10.8593 , -62.4587
Event Date: 16 Apr 2015 02:24 UTC
15 Apr 2015 21:54 Local
Exposed Population:
383578 people within 100km
Inserted at: 16 Apr 2015 02:37 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -0.8 -0.8
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.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 301 | About casualties: 7 | Last hour: 0

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Los teléfonos de la nueva generación podrían funcionar como sistemas de alerta temprana para los grandes terremotos en las regiones donde su uso sea generalizado, según una investigación, liderada por científicos del Servicio Geológico de E
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Onemi programó simulacro de terremoto y tsunami en la Región de Arica ... Mon, 20 Apr 2015 00:32:00 +0200.

La Oficina Nacional de Emergencia (Onemi) programó un simulacro diurno con evacuación por tsunami y terremoto en la Región de Arica y Parinacota, para el próximo jueves 23 de abril. Las personas que vivan, estudien o trabajen en el borde co
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Honduras realiza simulacro de tsunami en el CaribeSun, 19 Apr 2015 19:08:00 +0200.

Honduras realizó hoy un simulacro de tsunami en el Caribe hondureño para preparar a la población en el caso de un terremoto de gran magnitud, informó la Comisión Permanente de Contingencias (Copeco). El ejercicio se desarrolló en el municip
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Bodrum'da deniz suyu çekildiSun, 19 Apr 2015 18:55:00 +0200.

Akyarlar Mahallesi'ndeki dünyaca ünlü Fener Burnu Plajı'nda denizin iki gün içinde yaklaşık 10 metre çekilmesi heyecan yarattı. Turgutreis Yelken Kulübü Yöneticisi Cengiz Yıldırım, "Son aylarda denizin geri çekilmesine tanık oluyordu ama il
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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 (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),