M 4.7 in Venezuela on 17 Oct 2015 00:57 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 1069358
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 11.63 Km
Lat/Lon: 10.7569 , -62.8976
Event Date: 17 Oct 2015 00:57 UTC
16 Oct 2015 20:27 Local
Exposed Population:
528380 people within 100km
Inserted at: 17 Oct 2015 01:30 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  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 137 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Japón reconoce que radiación causó cáncer en FukushimaWed, 21 Oct 2015 00:54:00 +0200.

El gobierno japonés reconoció el martes, por primera vez, que un exempleado de la central nuclear de Fukushima sufre una leucemia debido a las radiaciones consecutivas al accidente nuclear de marzo del 2011. “Este caso cumple con las condi
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MUNDO Terremoto de magnitude 7,3 atinge Vanuatu, sem provocar alerta d ... Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:48:00 +0200.

20/10/2015 - 20h38 | Atualizado em 20/10/2015 - 20h38 Terremoto de magnitude 7,3 atinge Vanuatu, sem provocar alerta de tsunami. SYDNEY - Um terremoto de magnitude 7,3 ocorreu na manhã de quarta-feira (horário local) cerca de 80 quilômetros
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Japón admite primer caso de cáncer de empleado de FukushimaWed, 21 Oct 2015 00:48:00 +0200.

El extrabajador desarrolló leucemia debido a su exposición a los altos índices de radiactividad en la planta y recibirá por ello una compensación del Estado en concepto de accidente laboral, informó hoy la cadena estatal NHK. Se trata de la
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Vanuatu: Magnitude 7.3 quake hits off Vanuatu - USGSWed, 21 Oct 2015 00:45:00 +0200.

Sydney, Australia | AFP | Tuesday 10/20/2015 - 22:31 GMT. A powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck off Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, but no tsunami threat was detected, seismologists said. The quake hit at a depth of 131 kilo
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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),