M 6.3 in Peru on 15 Mar 2014 23:51 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1027623
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.3M
Depth: 9.8 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.566 , -80.879
Event Date: 15 Mar 2014 23:51 UTC
15 Mar 2014 18:51 Local
Exposed Population:
1159859 people within 100km
Inserted at: 16 Mar 2014 00:07 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 1.1 1.1
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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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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 (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),