M 4.5 in Uganda on 25 Nov 2015 09:38 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 1073559
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -0.0774 , 29.7817
Event Date: 25 Nov 2015 09:38 UTC
25 Nov 2015 12:38 Local
Exposed Population:
6423909 people within 100km
Inserted at: 25 Nov 2015 22:21 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  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 306 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

Tsunami fears haunt residents of recovering Iwate townSun, 29 Nov 2015 09:37:00 +0100.

MORIOKA, IWATE PREF. – A “disaster-prevention tour guide” led dozens of people earlier this month along a 10-meter-high seawall overlooking the Taro district in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, where monster tsunami wreaked havoc in March 2011. “T
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Forte terremoto atinge leste da Indonésia, mas não gera alerta de tsun ... Sun, 29 Nov 2015 05:38:00 +0100.

Um forte terremoto atingiu a costa leste da Indonésia na noite deste domingo (pelo horário local), mas não houve relatos imediatos sobre vítimas ou danos. Além disso, autoridades disseram que não havia necessidade de emitir um alerta de tsu
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Un sismo de 6,2° causó pánico a los habitantes del norte de Chile El m ... Sun, 29 Nov 2015 04:48:00 +0100.

Un sismo de 6,2 grados de magnitud golpeó este viernes el norte de Chile, provocando pánico en la población pero sin causar víctimas o daños materiales, según informó la Oficina Nacional de Emergencia (Onemi). El temblor, calificado como de
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Temblor de 5.5 Richter azota el norte de JapónSun, 29 Nov 2015 04:12:00 +0100.

Un terremoto de magnitud 5.5 en la escala de Richter azotó este sábado la prefectura japonesa de Hokkaido, en el norte del país, sin que se activara la alerta de tsunami, informó la agencia local de noticias Kyodo. De acuerdo con la Agencia
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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), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),