M 4.5 in Peru on 12 Nov 2015 19:49 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 1072050
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 98.61 Km
Lat/Lon: -16.0471 , -72.0223
Event Date: 12 Nov 2015 19:49 UTC
12 Nov 2015 14:49 Local
Exposed Population:
1064784 people within 100km
Inserted at: 12 Nov 2015 23:12 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC n.a n.a
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
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 115 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Estados UnidosMon, 16 Nov 2015 19:40:00 +0100.

En ¿Sabías que...? | 13:30 hrs. Ya sea como bomberos, personal mecánico o fabricantes de municiones o uniformes, miles de mujeres participaron en la Segunda Guerra Mundial. ¿Vives de manera ilegal en Estados Unidos? Te presentamos cuatro f
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Facebook’s Paris Safety Check, by the numbersMon, 16 Nov 2015 19:35:00 +0100.

Sign in or create an account so we can save this story to your Reading List. You'll be able to access the story from your Reading List on any computer, tablet or smartphone. Facebook's Safety Check feature was originally launched a year ag
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Facebook to Broaden Use of Safety Check Following Paris AttacksMon, 16 Nov 2015 19:23:00 +0100.

During the horrific attacks in Paris, Facebook Inc. made a tool available for people in the area to let friends know they were safe. “Safety Check” had never been enacted for something that wasn’t a natural disaster, and as the death toll r
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Facebook to use Safety Check tool more widely after Paris attacksMon, 16 Nov 2015 18:10:00 +0100.

Facebook's Safety Check tool helps people let friends and family know they are safe during disasters. Facebook. Facebook's Safety Check status tool, which was activated during Friday's terrorist attacks in Paris, remains a "work in progress
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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),