M 5.4 in Peru on 26 Apr 2015 23:35 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 1053073
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.4M
Depth: 14.67 Km
Lat/Lon: -8.3056 , -79.8288
Event Date: 26 Apr 2015 23:35 UTC
26 Apr 2015 18:35 Local
Exposed Population:
987326 people within 100km
Inserted at: 26 Apr 2015 23:59 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.5 0.5
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: 464 | About casualties: 13 | Last hour: 0

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La Segunda Guerra Mundial involucró a más de 80 países y regiones. Hasta 70 millones de personas perdieron la vida en la contienda. La URSS fue el país que sufrió las mayores pérdidas en la guerra, pero hay quien todavía afirma que si los s
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Earth shakesThu, 30 Apr 2015 22:44:00 +0200.

THE Mineral Resources Department's Seismology Unit has recorded an average of one to three earthquakes each week in the month of April. Department director Malakai Finau said the latest occurrence was recorded near Doi Island in Ono-i-Lau e
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Un seísmo de 6,7 grados sacude Papúa Nueva Guinea, sin amenaza de tsun ... Thu, 30 Apr 2015 22:41:00 +0200.

Un terremoto de 6,7 de magnitud (revisado a la baja tras una primera estimación) se registró este jueves en la isla de Nueva Bretaña, al noreste del archipiélago de Papúa Nueva Guinea, sin que haya una amenaza de tsunami, según institutos e
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Papua New Guinea jolted by 6.7 quakeThu, 30 Apr 2015 22:32:00 +0200.

. One News Friday 1st May, 2015. Source: thinkstock.com A 6.7-magnitude earthquake has been recorded in Papua New Guinea, but no tsunami was expected. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake,?which struck around 10.45pm (NZT)?was on the i
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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),