M 4.6 in Peru on 09 Feb 2016 08:18 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 1080285
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 74.09 Km
Lat/Lon: -15.5155 , -73.3115
Event Date: 09 Feb 2016 08:18 UTC
09 Feb 2016 03:18 Local
Exposed Population:
116300 people within 100km
Inserted at: 09 Feb 2016 08:36 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -1 -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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 641 | About casualties: 12 | Last hour: 0

Quake hits eastern Indonesia island, no casualties reportedSat, 13 Feb 2016 07:43:00 +0100.

JAKARTA: A strong earthquake near an eastern Indonesian island knocked out telephone, radio communications and roads late on Friday, but there were no reported casualties, local residents and a government official said on Saturday. The U.S.
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App shakes up earthquake science by turning users into sensorsSat, 13 Feb 2016 07:14:00 +0100.

NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Smartphones could become the makeshift quake detectors of the future, thanks to a new app launched Friday designed to track tremors and potentially save the lives of its users. MyShake, available on A
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6.5 magnitude quake hits Indonesia island, no casualties reportedSat, 13 Feb 2016 07:12:00 +0100.

JAKARTA: A strong earthquake near an eastern Indonesian island knocked out telephone, radio communications and roads late Friday, but there were no reported casualties, local residents and a government official said on Saturday. The US Geol
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App Shakes Up Earthquake Science by Turning Users into SensorsSat, 13 Feb 2016 06:42:00 +0100.

. VoA - News Saturday 13th February, 2016 NEW YORK - Smartphones could become the makeshift quake detectors of the future, thanks to a new app launched Friday designed to track tremors and potentially save the lives of its users. MyShake, a
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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),