M 4.5 in Colombia on 16 May 2015 09:00 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 1055018
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 5.4466 , -72.9
Event Date: 16 May 2015 09:00 UTC
16 May 2015 04:00 Local
Exposed Population:
1414035 people within 100km
Inserted at: 16 May 2015 09:35 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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 316 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 0

People of Aceh on Rohingya crisis: 'It's worse than the tsunami'Wed, 20 May 2015 08:50:00 +0200.

"You know they were on boats for so long, they lost everything, we felt pity for them." He is matter of fact about the extraordinary generosity of people who are themselves poor. The people of Tamiang are veterans of suffering, having lived
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Terremoti: Tonga, scossa magnitudo 6.1Wed, 20 May 2015 08:35:00 +0200.

(ANSA) - ROMA, 20 MAG - Una scossa di terremoto di magnitudo 6,1 è stata registrata alle 13:30 ora locale (le 2:30 ora italiana) al largo delle isole Tonga, stato insulare della Polinesia nell'oceano Pacifico. Secondo i rilevamenti dell'ist
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Colombia busca víctimas en pueblo arrasado por aludWed, 20 May 2015 08:19:00 +0200.

SALGAR.— Rescatistas buscaban cuerpos en el poblado colombiano de Salgar, donde un alud tras intensas lluvias devastó la localidad y dejó al menos 78 muertos, así como centenares de damnificados. Una avalancha de barro y escombros arrasó es
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Erdbeben: Jedes Beben ein KreisWed, 20 May 2015 08:07:00 +0200.

Unter unseren Füßen rumort es heftig. Denn der Grund, auf dem wir stehen, ist ein fragiles Gebilde. Die äußere Erdhülle besteht aus zahlreichen Platten, die stets bereit sind zur Kollision. Treffen Sie aufeinander, erschüttert das den Plane
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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),