M 5 in Peru on 28 Aug 2015 04:11 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 1064061
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 16.26 Km
Lat/Lon: -15.8372 , -71.826
Event Date: 28 Aug 2015 04:11 UTC
27 Aug 2015 23:11 Local
Exposed Population:
1060912 people within 100km
Inserted at: 28 Aug 2015 04:33 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.3 0.3
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
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 514 | About casualties: 26 | Last hour: 0

USS Ronald Reagan Departs for JapanTue, 01 Sep 2015 02:26:00 +0200.

. Navy News Service. Story Number: NNS150831-11. Release Date: 8/31/2015 2:48:00 PM. By Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nathan Burke, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) Public Affairs. SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- After nine years of calling Naval Ai
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IAEA: Fukushima-linked child cancers unlikely to rise but extent of ra ... Tue, 01 Sep 2015 02:05:00 +0200.

UNITED NATIONS – An increase in thyroid cancer among children is unlikely after the meltdowns at the Fukushima No 1 nuclear plant four years ago, but it remains unclear exactly how much radiation children in the vicinity of the plant were e
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Fukushima-related child cancers unlikely to rise - IAEATue, 01 Sep 2015 01:12:00 +0200.

By Louis Charbonneau. UNITED NATIONS, Aug 31 (Reuters) - An increase in thyroid cancer among children is unlikely after the meltdown at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant four years ago, but it remains unclear exactly how much radiation childr
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El OIEA niega motivos para la complacencia acerca de la seguridad nucl ... Mon, 31 Aug 2015 23:58:00 +0200.

El director general del Organismo Internacional de Energía Atómica (OIEA), Yukiya Amano, dijo este lunes que no existen motivos para la complacencia acerca de la seguridad nuclear en el mundo. "No puede haber ningún motivo para la complace
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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),