M 4.8 in Central Peru on 27 Dec 2014 18:35 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 1045895
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 21.72 Km
Lat/Lon: -11.988 , -72.3934
Event Date: 27 Dec 2014 18:35 UTC
27 Dec 2014 13:35 Local
Exposed Population:
105786 people within 100km
Inserted at: 27 Dec 2014 19:05 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  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 253 | About casualties: 17 | Last hour: 0

Sismo de 6,1 sacude Filipinas sin dejar dañosMon, 29 Dec 2014 14:09:00 +0100.

El epicentro del terremoto se localizó en el mar de Sulú, unos 205 kilómetros al oeste de la ciudad meridional de Zamboanga. Un sismo de magnitud 6,1 en la escala de Richter sacudió este lunes el sur de Filipinas, autoridades indicaron que
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Philippines: Earthquake shakes southern PhilippinesMon, 29 Dec 2014 14:02:00 +0100.

Manila, Philippines | AFP | Monday 12/29/2014 - 11:27 GMT. A 6.1 magnitude earthquake shook parts of the southern Philippines on Monday but was too far offshore to cause serious damage, Philippine and US agencies said. The quake's epicentre
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Terremoto de magnitud 6,5 sacudió Mar de Joló en FilipinasMon, 29 Dec 2014 13:55:00 +0100.

El Instituto de Vulcanología y Sismografía de Filipinas, reseñado por varios medios digitales internacionales, informó de que el seísmo se produjo a las 17.29 hora local (09.29 GMT) y localizó el epicentro a 31 kilómetros de profundidad. Un
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Sismo de magnitud 6.1 se registra al sur de FilipinasMon, 29 Dec 2014 13:54:00 +0100.

Lunes, Diciembre 29, 2014. Internacionales Un sismo de magnitud 6.1 sacudió este lunes el sur de Filipinas, pero se produjo muy lejos de la costa y no causó daños mayores, indicaron autoridades filipinas y norteamericanas. El epicentro 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), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),