M 5 in Nicaragua on 09 Feb 2016 12:12 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 1080295
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 38.94 Km
Lat/Lon: 11.1366 , -86.7727
Event Date: 09 Feb 2016 12:12 UTC
09 Feb 2016 06:12 Local
Exposed Population:
264703 people within 100km
Inserted at: 09 Feb 2016 12:33 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: 622 | About casualties: 12 | Last hour: 0

Ejecutan primer simulacro de tsunami en la Costa VerdeSat, 13 Feb 2016 11:01:00 +0100.

La Municipalidad de Lima, junto con la Policía y los bomberos realizaron el primer simulacro de tsunami en la Costa Verde, que comprende seis distritos, con el fin de que se fortalezca la cultura de prevención entre los vecinos y bañistas.
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Jakarta vulnerable, mitigation measures still unclearSat, 13 Feb 2016 10:59:00 +0100.

Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT) disaster researcher Udrekh said Thursday (11/2/2016) in Jakarta that the capital was extremely susceptible to large magnitude earthquakes, which could potentially occur in the S
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Terremoto oggi Italia, 13 febbraio 2016, scosse M 2.4 provincia di Cos ... Sat, 13 Feb 2016 10:48:00 +0100.

– Una scossa di terremoto di magnitudo 2.4 della scala Richter è stata registrata oggi, sabato 13 febbraio 2016 alle ore 00:42 della notte in Calabria. Il sisma ha avuto ipocentro a 8 chilometri. Epicentro in provincia di Cosenza, in prossi
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Un séisme de magnitude 6,6 secoue l’est de l’IndonésieSat, 13 Feb 2016 10:08:00 +0100.

Jakarta (VNA) - Un séisme de magnitude 6,6 s’est déclenché vendredi 12 février au large du Pacifique dans l’est de l’Indonésie, mais n’a pas le potentiel pour déclencher un tsunami, selon les autorités locales. Le tremblement de terre s’est
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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),