M 4.8 in Mexico on 04 Aug 2014 00:21 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 1037140
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 51.56 Km
Lat/Lon: 17.5 , -100.54
Event Date: 04 Aug 2014 00:21 UTC
03 Aug 2014 19:21 Local
Exposed Population:
1040389 people within 100km
Inserted at: 04 Aug 2014 00:39 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
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.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 326 | About casualties: 45 | Last hour: 0

Indonesien: Zehn Jahre nach Tsunami finden Eltern totgeglaubte TochterThu, 07 Aug 2014 16:28:00 +0200.

Im Dezember 2004 wurde die damals vierjährige Raudhatul von den Wassermassen des verheerenden Tsunamis fortgerissen. Seither dachten die Eltern, ihre Tochter sei tot - doch das Kind lebt.
Tsunami: Eltern finden totgeglaubte TochterThu, 07 Aug 2014 16:27:00 +0200.

Banda Aceh - Es ist wie ein kleines Wunder: Fast zehn Jahre nach dem verheerenden Tsunami hat ein Elternpaar in Indonesien seine totgeglaubte Tochter wiedergefunden.
Ini Nenek Maryam yang Mengasuh Wenni Korban Tsunami Bak Cucu SendiriThu, 07 Aug 2014 16:15:00 +0200.

Wajahnya keriput. Tapi semangatnya masih membara. Dengan segala usaha, dia merawat dan mengasuh Wenni (14) bertahun-tahun. "Dia sudah saya anggap sebagai cucu sendiri," katanya.
Girl swept away in tsunami reunited with parents 10 years laterThu, 07 Aug 2014 16:09:00 +0200.

An Indonesian girl swept away in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami has been reunited with her parents 10 years after she was given up for dead, her mother says. Raudhatul...

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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),