M 4.7 in Portugal on 11 Aug 2016 09:24 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 1091647
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 36.5778 , -12.5912
Event Date: 11 Aug 2016 09:24 UTC
11 Aug 2016 08:24 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 11 Aug 2016 09:42 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006cvm 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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Face aux incendies, le Portugal fustige l’UE et avance la thèse terror.. 8/14/2016 10:39:00 AM.

La piste criminelle est avancée pour expliquer la vague d'incendies qui s'est déclenchée au Portugal, qui s’attendait d'ailleurs à plus de solidarité de la part de ses partenaires européens. Les erreurs stratégiques dans le cadre de la lutt
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49 topics 8/14/2016 5:02:00 AM.

Forest fires raged through parts of France's Mediterranean coast on Thursday, with the worst in almost two decades burning around Marseille, injuring seven people and forcing authorities to evacuate thousands from their homes. A fire in
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Wildfires rage in France, Portugal, Spain 8/14/2016 1:05:00 AM.

(CNN) - Hot, dry summer weather and treacherous winds have combined to make life difficult for firefighters battling huge blazes in France, Spain and Portugal. Thousands of emergency response workers have been deployed to combat wildfires r
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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), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), WMO (1), (2), INFORM (2), USGS (2),