M 4.6 in Near North Coast Of Irian Jaya on 30 Mar 2014 12:46 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 1028576
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 42.58 Km
Lat/Lon: -2.2474 , 139.2709
Event Date: 30 Mar 2014 12:46 UTC
30 Mar 2014 21:46 Local
Exposed Population:
139046 people within 100km
Inserted at: 30 Mar 2014 13:30 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
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

Articles: 1054 | About casualties: 75 | Last hour: 0

Silné zemetrasenie v Čile si vyžiadalo šesť mŕtvychWed, 02 Apr 2014 13:44:00 +0200.

Najmenej šesť mŕtvych si vyžiadalo silné zemetrasenie s magnitúdou 8,2, ktoré v utorok večer miestneho času zasiahlo severnú oblasť Čile.
Six killed as 8.2 magnitude earthquake hits northern ChileWed, 02 Apr 2014 13:43:00 +0200.

Powerful quake triggers tsunami waves of two metres on Chilean coast and alerts along 3,000 miles of coastline in Central and South America
Chile earthquake: five dead, tsunami hits northern coastWed, 02 Apr 2014 13:43:00 +0200.

8.0 EARTHQUAKE CHILE 2014 TSUNAMI WARNING. | VIDEO 8.0 EARTHQUAKE,CHILE, PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING. Tsunami WARNING Chile Magnitude 8 EarthQuake 2nd April 2014 aest https://www.youtube.com/user/MissBrandNews No warnings have been issued as ye
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322 presos escapan gracias al terremotoWed, 02 Apr 2014 13:42:00 +0200.

13.03: Diana Comte, sismóloga de la Universidad de Chile, ha considerado «normal» la seguidilla de réplicas, y ha advertido que los expertos aún no pueden determinar si el de anoche fue el gran sismo que se espera en la región desde hace má
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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),