M 5.9 in Argentina on 17 Oct 2015 11:33 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 1069389
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.9M
Depth: 8.23 Km
Lat/Lon: -25.409 , -64.4368
Event Date: 17 Oct 2015 11:33 UTC
17 Oct 2015 08:33 Local
Exposed Population:
169013 people within 100km
Inserted at: 17 Oct 2015 12:57 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.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 275 | About casualties: 27 | Last hour: 0

Publican las primeras imágenes del interior del reactor 3 de FukushimaWed, 21 Oct 2015 11:21:00 +0200.

La operadora de la accidentada central atómica de Fukushima ha publicado las primeras imágenes del interior del reactor 3 tras introducir dos cámaras en su interior con las que ha captado una sustancia que podría ser combustible nuclear fun
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Un terremoto de 5,5 grados sacude Fukushima sin causar daños en la pla ... Wed, 21 Oct 2015 11:09:00 +0200.

Miércoles, 21 de octubre del 2015 - 09.46 h. Un terremoto de 5,5 grados de magnitud en la escala de Richter se produjo este miércoles cerca de la accidentada central nuclear de Fukushima , sin que se produjeran daños ni se activara la alert
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Wed, 21 Oct 2015 11:04:00 +0200.

Güney Pasifik ülkesi Vanuatu'da 7,1 büyüklüğünde deprem meydana geldi. ABD Jeolojik Araştırmalar Merkezi'nden yapılan açıklamada, 127 kilometre derinlikte kaydedilen depremin merkez üssünün ülkenin kuzeyindeki Polt Olry kentinin 34 kilometr
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Terremoto de 5,4 grados sacude FukushimaWed, 21 Oct 2015 10:54:00 +0200.

Un terremoto de magnitud 5,4 grados se registró este miércoles en las prefecturas japonesas de Fukushima y Miyagi, sin que se genere alerta de tsunami ni se reporten daños hasta ahora. El Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS, por su s
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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),