M 4.9 in Bolivia on 21 Dec 2015 16:21 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 1076591
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 39 Km
Lat/Lon: -18.0826 , -63.4037
Event Date: 21 Dec 2015 16:21 UTC
21 Dec 2015 12:21 Local
Exposed Population:
1686056 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Dec 2015 19:54 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.2 0.2
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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 314 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 0

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Phang Nga province holds seminar on readiness for Tsunami disastersFri, 25 Dec 2015 14:24:00 +0100.

PHANG NGA, 25 December 2015(NNT)- The Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Office in Phang Nga province held a seminar entitled “Pang Nga, the Safety City” at Baan Nam Khem Tsunami Memorial Park in Takua Pa district. Phang Nga provincial gove
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Pang Nga province holds seminar on readiness for Tsunami disastersFri, 25 Dec 2015 13:53:00 +0100.

PANG NGA, 25 December 2015(NNT)- The Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Office in Pang Nga province held a seminar entitled “Pang Nga, the Safety City” at Baan Nam Khem Tsunami Memorial Park in Takua Pa district. Pang Nga provincial governo
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Phang Nga holds a dialogue on Tsunami preparedness.Fri, 25 Dec 2015 12:51:00 +0100.

PHANG NGA, 25 December 2015(NNT)- The Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Office, Phang Nga province has delivered a dialogue entitled “Phang Nga, the Safety City” at Baan Nam Khem Tsunami Memorial Park, Takua Pa. The Governor of Phang Nga,
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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),