M 4.7 in Peru on 14 Mar 2013 15:50 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 123283
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 8.1 Km
Lat/Lon: -15.7823 , -71.5365
Event Date: 14 Mar 2013 15:50 UTC
14 Mar 2013 10:50 Local
Exposed Population:
1060000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 14 Mar 2013 17:58 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
usb000fkvu Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
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Latest media headlines

Caso tsunami: Alianza acude ante el CDE para pedir indemnizaciones a f.. 3/18/2013 2:00:00 PM.

Al mediodía, un grupo de parlamentarios UDI y RN se reunirá con el director del organismo. En tanto que, a las 10:30, el abogado Raúl Meza pedirá al mismo CDE la inhabilitación de los miembros designados por Bachelet.
U.N. session urges greater focus on risk reduction as water-related cr.. 3/18/2013 1:36:00 PM.

The international body, at its first high-level meeting on water and disasters, says preparing for the worst can save lives
U.N. session urges greater focus on risk reduction as water-related cr.. 3/18/2013 1:26:00 PM.

The international body, at its first high-level meeting on water and disasters, says preparing for the worst can save lives
FEATURE: New nursery finds role in tsunami-hit Kesennuma despite strug.. 3/18/2013 12:10:00 PM.

Just two months after the tsunami on March 11, 2011, devastated the city of Kesennuma in northeastern Japan, Emi Satomi and a group of nursery teachers who have been laid off due to the catastrophe began a makeshift daycare center in a ware
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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),