M 4.7 in Congo, The Democratic Republic of the on 19 Dec 2015 13:26 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 1076354
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -3.772 , 28.5633
Event Date: 19 Dec 2015 13:26 UTC
19 Dec 2015 15:26 Local
Exposed Population:
2147435 people within 100km
Inserted at: 19 Dec 2015 13:45 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: 199 | About casualties: 10 | Last hour: 0

Viet Nam to build tsunami warning systemWed, 23 Dec 2015 13:11:00 +0100.

HA NOI (VNS) — Viet Nam will start building a tsunami warning system next year, with 532 alert stations in 13 coastal cities facing a high tsunami risk. The warning system, which will be installed from central Ha Tinh Province to Ba Ria Vun
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Construirá Vietnam estaciones de alerta de tsunamiWed, 23 Dec 2015 13:08:00 +0100.

Hanoi, 23 dic (VNA)- El Departamento de Recursos Hídricos anunció un plan de construir estaciones de alerta temprana de tsunami a lo largo de las localidades costeras. De acuerdo con la Decisión 2195 del Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrol
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Siemoniak: PiS funduje tsunami dla demokracjiWed, 23 Dec 2015 11:17:00 +0100.

22 grudnia wieczorem PiS przegłosował w Sejmie nowelizację ustawy o Trybunale Konstytucyjnym, która - zdaniem krytyków partii rządzącej - sparaliżuje tę instytucję. Czytaj więcej: PiS skażone naiwnością zwycięzcy - To tsunami dla polskiej d
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Japan PM faces make-or-break test three years laterWed, 23 Dec 2015 10:49:00 +0100.

The drop was good news for exporters as corporate profits soared and the benchmark Nikkei 225 stock index doubled to the 20,000 level. A fledgling economic recovery appeared to be taking hold. But as he marks three years in office on Saturd
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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),