M 4.8 in Southeast Of Easter Island on 18 Feb 2017 02:43 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 1105850
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -35.6275 , -102.9182
Event Date: 18 Feb 2017 02:43 UTC
17 Feb 2017 19:43 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 Feb 2017 03:06 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20008klu 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

Articles: 442 | About casualties: 44 | Last hour: 0

Met dept to launch phone app for weather updatesWed, 22 Feb 2017 01:14:00 +0100.

LAHORE. Following the increased use of mobile phone applications by citizens, Pakistan Meteorological Department has decided to launch a mobile app named Pak Weather through which citizens can get weather predictions and other information d
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Fukushima: Japan will Evakuierungszone trotz gefährlich hoher Strahlun ... Wed, 22 Feb 2017 00:20:00 +0100.

22.2.2017 Greenpeace veröffentlicht Messreport aus der Region um den Unglücksreaktor Tokio/Wien – Die japanische Regierung will die Evakuierungszone um den havarierten Atomreaktor von Fukushima aufheben. Damit gefährdet die Regierung Mensc
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Løfshus ga pressen skylden for Johaug-saken. Nå legger han seg flatTue, 21 Feb 2017 22:47:00 +0100.

Løfshus ga pressen skylden for Johaug-saken. Nå beklager han. (Dagbladet): Etter å ha blitt solbrent i fjor sommer, testet Therese Johaug positivt på stoffet clostebol. Årsaken var kremen Trofodermin. Tuben ble kjøpt inn av daværende lands
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Nach Fukushima-Gau vor sechs Jahren: "Man kann hier nicht normal leben ... Tue, 21 Feb 2017 18:07:00 +0100.

(BB / C.) - Ein neues Leben in der Region von Fukushima, ist das möglich? Sechs Jahre nach dem Gau im Atomkraftwerk Daiichi will die japanische Regierung die Region wieder besiedeln. Einwohner sollen in ihre Häuser zurückkehren können. Bisl
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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),