M 4.5 in Venezuela on 04 Jan 2016 14:59 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 1077825
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 18.96 Km
Lat/Lon: 9.6131 , -70.7361
Event Date: 04 Jan 2016 14:59 UTC
04 Jan 2016 10:29 Local
Exposed Population:
1527983 people within 100km
Inserted at: 04 Jan 2016 22:15 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  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 201 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

JAPAN NUCLEAR - Japan will use virtual reality system to dismantle Fuk ... Fri, 08 Jan 2016 14:50:00 +0100.

Tokyo, Jan 8 (EFE). - Japan will use a virtual reality system to help technicians to dismantle the troubled Fukushima nuclear plant, Asahi daily reported in its online edition Friday. The system is located at the Naraha Remote Technology De
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Japón empleará la realidad virtual para ayudar al desmantelamiento de ... Fri, 08 Jan 2016 13:58:00 +0100.

TOKIO.- Japón empleará un sistema de realidad virtual con el que entrenar a los técnicos que trabajan en las labores de desmantelamiento de la accidentada central nuclear de Fukushima, informó hoy la edición digital del diario Asahi. Situad
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La significativa reactivación del cultivo de ostiones en TongoyFri, 08 Jan 2016 12:29:00 +0100.

La bahía grande de Tongoy, que también abarca el sector de Puerto Aldea, es uno de los principales nichos de producción de ostión en Chile. De acuerdo a los cultivadores, un 30% del total de las semillas de este molusco se vieron afectadas
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Mesmerizing Video Shows All The World's Earthquakes Since 2000Fri, 08 Jan 2016 11:46:00 +0100.

A young boy jumps over cracks in the ground beside a destroyed farmhouse, near the town of Ruichang 27 November 2005, after it collapsed during the 5.7 earthquake 26 November in Jiangxi Province. Rescue teams rushed to the popular tourist s
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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),