M 5.2 Off-shore on 29 Oct 2016 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 1096815
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 29.9304 , -42.42
Event Date: 29 Oct 2016 12:20 UTC
29 Oct 2016 09:20 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 29 Oct 2016 13:03 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us100072yi 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

Articles: 711 | About casualties: 11 | Last hour: 0

Over 22,000 people living in shelters after Italy earthquakesWed, 02 Nov 2016 11:58:00 +0100.

People take a rest after an earthquake in central Italy in a hangar used for recovery in Camerino, Italy October 27, 2016. REUTERS/Max Rossi MILAN – Italian authorities say the number of people living in shelters after a series of powerful
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SEISM 2016 simulation: 4,150 people injured, 1,537 dead, 2,750 homeles ... Wed, 02 Nov 2016 11:53:00 +0100.

An ongoing earthquake response drill called ”SEISM 2016” is testing a scenario that reads a major earthquake has left 4,150 people injured, 1,537 killed and 2,750 homeless in Bucharest City. In a press statement released on Wednesday, the I
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Tracey Harris-Williams, left and Leona PenningtonWed, 02 Nov 2016 11:42:00 +0100.

Two Carlisle women have spoken of the moment they felt the after-effects of the dramatic earthquake that shook central Italy. Tracey Harris-Williams and her friend Leona Pennington, were enjoying a short break in Rome when the quake – which
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Central Italian mountain village levelled by quakeWed, 02 Nov 2016 11:39:00 +0100.

. Globe and Mail Wednesday 2nd November, 2016. Policemen stand by collapsed wall of the village of Norcia, on October 31, 2016, a day after a 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit central Italy. It came four days after quakes of 5.5 and 6.1 magnitud
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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), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),