M 4.9 in Venezuela on 14 Nov 2015 12:20 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 1072245
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 9.07 Km
Lat/Lon: 8.5398 , -71.3929
Event Date: 14 Nov 2015 12:20 UTC
14 Nov 2015 07:50 Local
Exposed Population:
1372643 people within 100km
Inserted at: 14 Nov 2015 12:39 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
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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Meteo assessment
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 173 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

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Facebook has switched on its Safety Check feature for the first time since the deadly Paris attacks, this time in response to the bombing in Yola, Nigeria. "We've activated Safety Check again after the bombing in Nigeria," CEO Mark Zuckerbe
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Facebook turns on Safety Check for Nigerians after Paris backlashWed, 18 Nov 2015 11:55:00 +0100.

Facebook has switched on its Safety Check feature for the first time since the deadly Paris attacks, this time in response to the bombing in Yola, Nigeria. "We've activated Safety Check again after the bombing in Nigeria," CEO Mark Zuckerbe
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Nyt varslingssystem skal advare Europa om tsunamierWed, 18 Nov 2015 11:34:00 +0100.

Et række nyudviklede måleenheder langs Europas sydkyst, skal overvåge havet i realtid og advare befolkning i tilfælde af en tsunami. Forskere fra det såkaldte Joint Research Center (JRC) i EU har i oktober installeret fire målere i Spanien
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Valencia issues brief tsunami alert following Greek earthquakeWed, 18 Nov 2015 10:20:00 +0100.

The Valencia regional government issued a tsunami warning on Tuesday morning following a 6.7-magnitude earthquake that struck off the west coast of Greece. The warning – which advised people to stay away from beaches and other coastal areas
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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 (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),