M 4.9 in Russian Federation on 16 Dec 2017 00:56 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 1128800
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: 46.0459 , 151.1259
Event Date: 16 Dec 2017 00:56 UTC
16 Dec 2017 10:56 Local
Exposed Population:
About 300 people within 100km
Inserted at: 16 Dec 2017 01:38 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.6 (Russia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000c556 Scaled population (vector) 2.08  
  C1 earthquake 0.74  
  C2 earthquake -0.13  
  Country Vulnerability -0.43  
  INFORM_normalised 0.94  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 233 | About casualties: 84 | Last hour: 0

Java, terremoto di magnitudo 6,9: due morti e sette feritiSat, 16 Dec 2017 11:25:00 +0100.

Jakarta (AsiaNews) Un terremoto di magnitudo 6,9 ha scosso questa notte la parte meridionale dell’isola di Java. L’Agenzia nazionale per la mitigazione dei disastri (Bnpb) dichiara che il fenomeno sismico ha provocato la morte di almeno due
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Strong quake hits Indonesia's Java, killed threeSat, 16 Dec 2017 11:21:00 +0100.

The US Geological Survey said the epicentre of the quake was located at a depth of 92 km (57 miles), about 52 km southwest of Tasikmalaya. Indonesia's national disaster management agency said the quake activated early tsunami warning system
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PHOTOS: Strong quake hits Indonesia's Java, kills threeSat, 16 Dec 2017 11:16:00 +0100.

Patients are evacuated to a parking lot outside a damaged hospital after an earthquake hit the city of Banyumas, Central Java, Indonesia, December 16, 2017, in this photo taken by Antara Foto. (Reuters Photo) Jakarta: A powerful magnitude 6
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Nicola Fiasconaro e la favola del suo panettone siciliano: "Sfatiamo u ... Sat, 16 Dec 2017 11:13:00 +0100.

Com’è nata la favola “Fiasconaro”? Nel 1953, mio padre (Mario Fiasconaro, ndr) ha inaugurato una piccola pasticceria a nord di Castelbuono, un borgo medioevale nei pressi di Palermo. È qui, precisamente nella piazzetta Minà Palumbo, che è i
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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), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),