M 5.2 in Mozambique on 12 Apr 2016 15:16 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 1084235
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -10.7874 , 41.4318
Event Date: 12 Apr 2016 15:16 UTC
12 Apr 2016 18:16 Local
Exposed Population:
About 2528 people within 100km
Inserted at: 12 Apr 2016 21:39 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
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

Mozambique: Mozambique: Floods Emergency Appeal MDRMZ011 Preliminary F.. 3/31/2016 5:27:00 PM.

A. Situation analysis. Description of the disaster. From November 2014 until late January 2015, Northern and Central parts of Mozambique experienced extensive rainfall which caused serious flooding in many regions. The most critical area af
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Food Insecurity Affecting 300,000 Mozambicans 3/31/2016 10:36:00 AM.

MAPUTO, March 31 (BERNAMA-NNN-AIM) -- More than 300,000 people in Mozambique are affected by food insecurity as a result of the drought in the southern and central parts of the country, says Government Spokesman and Deputy Health Minister M
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Mozambique: Thousands Affected by Drought 3/31/2016 7:42:00 AM.

Maputo Over 300,000 people are affected by food insecurity as a result of the drought in southern and central Mozambique, the government spokesperson, Deputy Health Minister Mouzinho Saide, announced in Maputo on Tuesday. Adding up the figu
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Over 315,000 Mozambicans face food shortages – Official 3/30/2016 6:01:00 PM.

The Mozambican government says over 300,000 people are affected by food insecurity as a result of the drought in southern and central Mozambique while floods in the north have affected 32,243 people and destroyed 4,991 houses as well as 109
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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),