M 5.2 in Italy on 18 Jan 2017 13:33 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 1103514
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 42.48 , 13.28
Event Date: 18 Jan 2017 13:33 UTC
18 Jan 2017 14:33 Local
Exposed Population:
3080000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 Jan 2017 13:54 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.4 (Italy)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0.3 0.3
560908 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Crews hold out hope of more hotel survivors days after Italy avalanche 1/22/2017 12:55:00 PM.

. Rescue crews digging through an Italian hotel buried in an avalanche say there could be additional survivors more than three days after tons of snow came barreling down a mountainside. Crews hold out hope of more hotel survivors days a
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More survivors rescued from Italy avalanche hotel Emergency crews in I.. 1/22/2017 12:42:00 PM.

The four additional survivors were pulled out of the remains of the Hotel Rigopiano in central Italy overnight to Saturday, firefighters said. They added that four bodies had also been located. The body of one man was also recovered on Satu
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Italie. Plus de signe de vie dans l'hôtel dévasté par une avalanche 1/22/2017 12:40:00 PM.

Les secouristes n'ont aucun nouveau signe de vie dans les décombres de l'hôtel dévasté par une avalanche. Mais les recherches se poursuivent. Aucun signe de vie n'a émané depuis plus de 24 heures des décombres de l'hôtel dévasté par une ava
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Italy rescue crews hold out hope of more hotel survivors 1/22/2017 12:39:00 PM.

FARINDOLA, Italy -- (AP) Rescue crews digging through an Italian hotel buried in an avalanche say there could be additional survivors more than three days after tons of snow came barreling down a mountainside. Rescuers told reporters in the
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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 (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),