M 5.4 in Argentina on 01 Aug 2015 11:30 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 1061952
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.4M
Depth: 12.43 Km
Lat/Lon: -30.1146 , -68.3129
Event Date: 01 Aug 2015 11:30 UTC
01 Aug 2015 08:30 Local
Exposed Population:
About 48481 people within 100km
Inserted at: 01 Aug 2015 11:51 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: 203 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

More natural disaster research urgentWed, 05 Aug 2015 09:59:00 +0200.

The lack of research on natural disasters in the country has prevented the government from being able to effectively conduct mitigation efforts, experts have said. Irwan Meilano, a researcher with the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) s
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L'âge atomiqueWed, 05 Aug 2015 07:36:00 +0200.

Avec la bombe d'Hiroshima, le monde est entré de plain-pied dans l'âge atomique . Depuis l'humanité sait qu'elle détient le pouvoir de se détruire. Aujourd'hui le ressenti des agressés (les Japonais) ne coïncide pas avec celui des agresseur
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Proiect minier indian în Marea Barieră de Corali, interzis de justiția ... Wed, 05 Aug 2015 07:21:00 +0200.

Justiția australiană a dispus miercuri stoparea unui vast proiect minier al grupului indian Adani, care amenința - potrivit apărătorilor mediului înconjurător - Marea Barieră de Corali, intrată din 1981 în Patrimoniul Umanității, relatează
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La importancia que la comunidad escolar esté preparada para una emerge ... Wed, 05 Aug 2015 04:25:00 +0200.

Ricardo Munizaga. Director Regional de ONEMI. Las naciones líderes en el manejo del riesgo han mejorado sus sistemas preventivos y de respuestas a través de la educación de la comunidad, el fortalecimiento de los sistemas de alerta temprana
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
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),