M 4.6 in Costa Rica on 10 Dec 2015 00:03 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 1075344
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 18.59 Km
Lat/Lon: 9.9825 , -85.5914
Event Date: 10 Dec 2015 00:03 UTC
09 Dec 2015 18:03 Local
Exposed Population:
424862 people within 100km
Inserted at: 10 Dec 2015 03:42 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: 181 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

TERREMOTO OGGI/ Porto Rico, scosse di M 2.8 e M 2.9 a largo dell'isola ... Sun, 13 Dec 2015 23:09:00 +0100.

TERREMOTO OGGI, SCOSSE DI MAGNITUDO 2.8 E 2.9 A LARGO DELL'ISOLA (13 DICEMBRE 2015) Oltre che in Italia, la terra ha tremato anche a largo di Porto Rico. Prima alle 13:00 (ora italiana) e poi alle 16:26), ci sono state scosse di Magnitudo r
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Box Office USA: Pustki w kinach. Czyżby zapowiadały tsunami za tydzień ... Sun, 13 Dec 2015 21:39:00 +0100.

Zanim nadejdzie fala tsunami, następuje gwałtowny odpływ wody odsłaniając szerokie połacie plaży normalnie zalane wodą. Ten sam efekt można było zaobserwować w amerykańskich kinach w ten weekend. Nastąpił bezprecedensowy odpływ widzów. W ef
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Schools in flood-hit TN to open todaySun, 13 Dec 2015 21:11:00 +0100.

After a month-long spell of holidays necessitated by rain and floods, schools in the affected parts of Tamil Nadu, particularly in Chennai and neighbouring Kancheepuram, Thiruvallur and Cuddalore districts, will open on Monday. The heavy ra
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Crean en Japón concurso de ‘vestir cadáveres’Sun, 13 Dec 2015 20:47:00 +0100.

Japón.- AFP En Japón asear y arreglar a los cadáveres es todo un arte. Sayuri Takahashi se arrodilla con gracia junto a una mujer inmóvil, le toma un brazo, luego otro, las piernas ... y la viste a la luz de velas artificiales. A sus 27 año
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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.
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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),