M 4.8 in Algeria on 10 Apr 2016 17:48 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 1084089
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 14.37 Km
Lat/Lon: 36.3595 , 3.5
Event Date: 10 Apr 2016 17:48 UTC
10 Apr 2016 18:48 Local
Exposed Population:
8365532 people within 100km
Inserted at: 10 Apr 2016 19:18 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.2 0.2
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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Latest media headlines

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Alle 14:26 di oggi ora italiana, le 21:26 in Giappone, c’è stato un terremoto di magnitudo 6.4 nei pressi della città di Kumamoto nel sud del paese, sull’isola di Kyushu. La verifica dei danni è ancora in corso da parte delle autorità e ci
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Terremoto di magnitudo 6,4 nel sudest del Giappone. 4/14/2016 5:39:00 PM.

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MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press. TOKYO (AP) — A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 knocked over houses in southern Japan on Thursday evening, and police said people may be trapped underneath. Japanese Red Cross Kumamot
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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), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),