M 4.6 in Morocco on 09 Mar 2016 23:46 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 1082160
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.69 , -3.63
Event Date: 09 Mar 2016 23:46 UTC
09 Mar 2016 23:46 Local
Exposed Population:
929460 people within 100km
Inserted at: 10 Mar 2016 00:24 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0 0
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=493253 Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 1737 | About casualties: 78 | Last hour: 0

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«تسونامي» على الهواتف الذكيةSun, 13 Mar 2016 21:32:00 +0100.

طور مجموعة من العلماء تطبيقاً جديداً للهواتف المحمولة يهدف إلى تحذير مستخدمي الهواتف من الزلازل وموجات المد العاتية (تسونامي) بالاستفادة من تكنولوجيا مستخدمة في الهواتف ومن انتشارها الواسع. فعندما يحدث الزلزال يصبح لكل ثانية تمر أهميتها. وك
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Atentado deixa dezenas de vítimas em Ancara Menos de um mês depois do ... Sun, 13 Mar 2016 20:58:00 +0100.

Uma forte explosão abalou o centro da capital turca, Ancara, na noite deste domingo (13/03). Ao menos 27 pessoas morreram e 75 ficaram feridas. Fontes oficiais afirmam que a detonação partiu de um automóvel carregado de explosivos. Falando
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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),