M 4.5 in Venezuela on 16 Mar 2015 13:48 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 1050310
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 49.04 Km
Lat/Lon: 7.784 , -71.918
Event Date: 16 Mar 2015 13:48 UTC
16 Mar 2015 09:18 Local
Exposed Population:
2480101 people within 100km
Inserted at: 16 Mar 2015 15:57 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: 431 | About casualties: 9 | Last hour: 0

Indonesia | Un terremoto de 6,6 grados sacude el mar de las MolucasWed, 18 Mar 2015 13:31:00 +0100.

Un terremoto de 6,6 grados de magnitud en la escala abierta de Richter sacudió hoy el mar de las Molucas, en el noreste de Indonesia, sin que las autoridades hayan informado de víctimas ni emitido alerta de tsunami. El hipocentro del seísmo
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Quake strikes Indonesia – USGSWed, 18 Mar 2015 13:24:00 +0100.

JAKARTA: A strong 6.6-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia’s Molucca Sea on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, but no tsunami alert was issued and there were no reports of damage. The quake struck at a depth of 41 kilometres (25
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Terremoto sacude el mar de las Molucas en IndonesiaWed, 18 Mar 2015 12:44:00 +0100.

Un terremoto de 6,6 sacudió hoy el mar de las Molucas, en el noreste de Indonesia, sin que las autoridades hayan informado de víctimas ni emitido alerta de tsunami. El hipocentro del seísmo fue localizado a 41 kilómetros de profundidad y a
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6.6 earthquake hits Indonesia, no tsunami alertWed, 18 Mar 2015 12:38:00 +0100.

Jakarta---A strong 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia's Molucca Sea on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami alert was issued. The quake struck at a depth of 41 kilometres (25 miles), 134 kilometres northwest of Kota
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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),