M 4.8 in Venezuela on 07 Nov 2015 17:37 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 1071434
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 1 Km
Lat/Lon: 8.4478 , -71.3889
Event Date: 07 Nov 2015 17:37 UTC
07 Nov 2015 13:07 Local
Exposed Population:
1431940 people within 100km
Inserted at: 07 Nov 2015 18:24 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
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: 569 | About casualties: 13 | Last hour: 0

Sismo de magnitud 6.9 remece centro norte de ChileWed, 11 Nov 2015 17:31:00 +0100.

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Un fuerte sismo de magnitud 6,9 remeci� el martes a la costa del centro norte de Chile, dijo el Servicio Geol�gico de Estados Unidos, en lo que ser�a una nueva r�plica del terremoto que sacudi� a la regi�n de Coquimbo a
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Una seguidilla de terremotos afectó el norte de Chile sin víctimas ni ... Wed, 11 Nov 2015 17:28:00 +0100.

Fecha: 11/11/2015 Hora: 06:26 - En menos de una hora, cuatro fuertes sismos, de entre 6,9 y 4,3 grados en la escala abierta de Richter, soportó la localidad chilena de La Higuera, en la región de Coquimbo En menos de una hora, cuatro fuert
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25-foot foam tsunami hits Indian cityWed, 11 Nov 2015 17:25:00 +0100.

A 25-foot foam tsunami has hit the Indian city of Bangalore. An awe-inspiring wall of foam burst into four-foot flames and panicked thousands of residents living near Ballandur Lake, one of the largest areas of water in the Indian city. Ela
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Terremoto sacude a ChileWed, 11 Nov 2015 17:15:00 +0100.

Un terremoto de magnitud 6,9 ha estremecido la costa de Chile, a unos 93 kilómetros al oeste de Coquimbo, según el USGS. El foco del sismo se localizó a una profundidad de 38 kilómetros. Según la Oficina Nacional de Emergencia (Onemi), no 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),