M 4.7 in Algeria on 26 Dec 2014 17:55 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 1045854
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 12 Km
Lat/Lon: 36.51 , 3.01
Event Date: 26 Dec 2014 17:55 UTC
26 Dec 2014 18:55 Local
Exposed Population:
7762090 people within 100km
Inserted at: 26 Dec 2014 18:48 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0.1 0.1
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=415001 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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 529 | About casualties: 47 | Last hour: 0

Ghana : Le congrès du parti au pouvoir, l'appel de Rawlings à son épou ... Sat, 27 Dec 2014 22:40:00 +0100.

Date : 27/2/1 à 22:32:50 Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Le congrès du samedi dernier à Kumasi, au centre du Ghana, des délégués nationaux du National democratic Congress (NDC) au pouvoir, au cours duquel l'ancien président et fondateur du parti, Jer
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Thailändskt skydd mot tsunamivågor trasigtSat, 27 Dec 2014 22:07:00 +0100.

Det är tidningen Bangkok Post som avslöjar bristerna i Thailands tsunami-varningssystem. Efter den svåra tsunamikatastrofen 2004 inrättade länder runt den Indiska Oceanen ett system av bojar som registrerar tsunamivågor. Informationen skick
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2004 tsunami: Supermodel survivor back in ...Sat, 27 Dec 2014 21:36:00 +0100.

Supermodel Petra Nemcova, who survived the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that killed her British fiance, was back in Thailand on Friday for the 10th anniversary of the tragedy. She attended one of many services commemorating the disaster, which
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Miles de familiares rinden homenaje a las víctimas del tsunami asiátic ... Sat, 27 Dec 2014 21:34:00 +0100.

Efrén Hernández | Madrid | Actualizado el 27/12/2014 a las 20:29 horas. Miles de personas, entre ellos los familiares de las víctimas del tsunami se han acercado a las playas tailandesas para rendirle un homenaje a sus fallecidos. Miles de
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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), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),