M 4.5 in Italy on 03 Oct 2012 09:20 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 120026
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 2 Km
Lat/Lon: 44.59 , 7.22
Event Date: 03 Oct 2012 09:20 UTC
03 Oct 2012 11:20 Local
Exposed Population:
3690000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 03 Oct 2012 09:32 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0.5 0.5
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: 120 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 0

Ein Riss in der PlatteWed, 03 Oct 2012 10:47:00 +0200.

Die beiden Erdbeben vor Sumatra am 11. April dieses Jahres waren für Forscher etwas ganz Besonderes. Sie werfen nämlich ein helles Schlaglicht auf einen hochspannenden geologischen Vorgang tief im Erdinnern – das Zerbrechen einer Erdplatte.
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L'Aquila prima e dopo il terremoto nelle fotografie silenziose di Bere ... Wed, 03 Oct 2012 10:45:00 +0200.

Un'emorragia temporale provocata da un evento imprevisto sancisce un "prima" e un "dopo". Pensiamo a Berlino prima e dopo la caduta del muro, a Hiroshima, a Sumatra dopo lo tsunami del 2004 e alla nostra L'Aquila prima e dopo il terremoto d
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Chernobyl remembered in Cork city ceremonyWed, 03 Oct 2012 10:29:00 +0200.

The city’s Lord Mayor Terry Shannon was joined at the Triskel Arts Centre by Ukrainian Ambassador to Ireland, Sergii Reva, as well as representatives of the Defence Forces and numerous school groups, to witness the symbolic release of white
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Les mégaséismes d'Indonésie, provoqués par une cassure en deux de la c ... Wed, 03 Oct 2012 09:20:00 +0200.

Les mégaséismes ressentis au cours des dernières années dans l'océan Indien au large de l'Indonésie seraient provoqués par la cassure progressive de la plaque... Source : Sciences et avenir - Articles similaires

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
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), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),