M 4.5 in Peru on 28 Jul 2015 02:42 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 1061599
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 28.85 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.926 , -75.1426
Event Date: 28 Jul 2015 02:42 UTC
27 Jul 2015 21:42 Local
Exposed Population:
About 61829 people within 100km
Inserted at: 28 Jul 2015 03:18 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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 480 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

National › 3 former TEPCO execs to face criminal charges in nuclear cr ... Sat, 01 Aug 2015 01:40:00 +0200.

TOKYO. A Japanese judicial committee has decided that three former utility executives should face criminal charges and stand trial for their alleged negligence in the Fukushima nuclear disaster. A document released Friday showed the committ
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Juzgarán a exejecutivos por desastre en FukushimaFri, 31 Jul 2015 23:36:00 +0200.

Según el panel judicial que imputa cargos al expresidente y a dos exvicepresidentes de la Tokyo Power Electric Company, la empresa ya había sido advertida que podría ser golpeada por fuertes olas desde dos años antes de la catástrofe. (Arch
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Kalam: versatility personifiedFri, 31 Jul 2015 22:51:00 +0200.

“Is this polymeric nanofibre patch bio-degradable?” The question was not part of an end-semester examination nor was it asked during a PhD thesis defence. It came from former President Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam in his late night interaction
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Ex-Fukushima execs to be charged over nuclear accidentFri, 31 Jul 2015 21:43:00 +0200.

The decision comes after prosecutors twice refused to press charges against the men, saying they had insufficient evidence and little chance of conviction. But the independent panel on Friday ruled -- for the second time since the accident
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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),