M 5.3 in Argentina on 05 Dec 2016 18:06 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 1100088
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 191.41 Km
Lat/Lon: -23.2068 , -66.4589
Event Date: 05 Dec 2016 18:06 UTC
05 Dec 2016 15:06 Local
Exposed Population:
About 21123 people within 100km
Inserted at: 05 Dec 2016 18:25 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC n.a n.a
us10007f0t 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 823 | About casualties: 15 | Last hour: 0

Japão aumenta estimativa de custo de acidente em FukushimaFri, 09 Dec 2016 17:48:00 +0100.

O ministério de Economia, Comércio e Indústria afirmou que estima que o custo de compensação para as comunidades afetadas pelo acidente em 2011 deve chegar a 8 trilhões de ienes (US$ 70 bilhões), acima da projeção anterior de 5 trilhões de
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Cutremurul din Insulele Solomon s-a soldat cu distrugerea a zeci de ca ... Fri, 09 Dec 2016 17:45:00 +0100.

Cel puţin 40 de case au fost distruse şi circa 3.000 de persoane au fost afectate în Insulele Solomon de cutremurul de 7,8 grade pe Richter care s-a produs joi în zona Pacific şi a determinat la emiterea unei scurte alerte de tsunami, relat
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El terremoto en Islas Salomón destruye casas y deja a miles de afectad ... Fri, 09 Dec 2016 17:43:00 +0100.

Sídney (Australia)- Al menos 40 casas quedaron destruidas y unas 3.000 personas se han visto afectadas en Islas Salomón tras el terremoto de 7,8 grados Richter que sacudió hoy esta zona del Pacífico y obligó a emitir una breve alerta por ts
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Japan doubles cost estimate for Fukushima cleanupFri, 09 Dec 2016 17:28:00 +0100.

TOKYO -- (AP) The estimated cost of cleaning up Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant has doubled to nearly 22 trillion yen ($190 billion), with decommissioning expenses expected to continue to increase, a government panel said Friday. Th
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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),