M 4.9 in Venezuela on 04 Apr 2017 21:50 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 1109413
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 10.3116 , -62.1387
Event Date: 04 Apr 2017 21:50 UTC
04 Apr 2017 17:50 Local
Exposed Population:
1120000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 04 Apr 2017 22:12 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.3 (Venezuela)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Venezuela= 4.3; Trinidad & Tobago= 3.6

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
us10008eey 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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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 376 | About casualties: 9 | Last hour: 0

Officials cracking down on poaching of a slippery, squiggly and valuab ... Sat, 08 Apr 2017 21:25:00 +0200.

A massive, years-long undercover operation has led to arrests and guilty pleas up and down the East Coast of poachers and traffickers who dealt in a slippery, squiggly and valuable commodity: baby eels. William Sheldon, who runs one of the
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Set of three quakes strike Philippines, dozens evacuated from coastal ... Sat, 08 Apr 2017 21:23:00 +0200.

No immediate reports of casualties from the quakes, but buildings were damaged; Hundreds fled to higher ground from the coastal areas south of Manila fearing a tsunami; Series of earthquakes struck the main Philippine island of Luzon. MANIL
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Hundreds Flee After Three Strong Quakes Strike PhilippinesSat, 08 Apr 2017 21:18:00 +0200.

Manila, Apr 8 (Prensa Latina) Hundreds of residents of coastal areas in a province south of the Philippine capital fled to higher ground fearing a tsunami on Saturday after a series of earthquakes on the main island of Luzon. Three quakes
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Buildings damaged as earthquakes hit Philippines resortSat, 08 Apr 2017 19:48:00 +0200.

Office workers are seen outside buildings after three quakes hit in 30 minutes Getty Images. The Philippines was hit by a series of earthquakes on Saturday causing damage to buildings and panic among tourists at a popular diving resort. 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),