M 4.8 in Mexico on 16 Feb 2016 12:01 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 1080729
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 56.75 Km
Lat/Lon: 15.5705 , -104.8367
Event Date: 16 Feb 2016 12:01 UTC
16 Feb 2016 05:01 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 16 Feb 2016 12:51 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: 376 | About casualties: 7 | Last hour: 0

La ONU denuncia que dos niños refugiados mueren cada díaSat, 20 Feb 2016 11:28:00 +0100.

El Alto Comisionado de la ONU para los Refugiados (ACNUR), el Fondo de Naciones Unidas para la Infancia (UNICEF) y la Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM) han lanzado un llamamiento conjunto para reclamar "que se mejore la
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Fiji govt declares state of natural disaster with onslaught of Cyclone ... Sat, 20 Feb 2016 11:05:00 +0100.

The government of Fiji has declared the South Pacific island to be in a state of natural disaster as the country braced itself for a lashing by the Category 5 Cyclone Winston, the most powerful cyclone to be faced by Fiji to date, expected
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[Media Covering Refugee Crisis[ With growing numbers of child deaths a ... Sat, 20 Feb 2016 09:11:00 +0100.

With growing numbers of child deaths at sea, UN agencies call for enhancing safety for refugees and migrants. Press Releases , 19 February 2016 Joint UNHCR, UNICEF, IOM Press Release. GENEVA, 16 February 2016 An average of two children have
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Trio fala sobre transformação em drags para quadro que termina neste s ... Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:10:00 +0100.

U m dia, Gilberto Gil teve a ilusão de que ser homem bastaria. Não basta. É essa, de certa forma, a descoberta dos três rapazes do Bishow, quadro do “Amor & sexo” que chega ao fim hoje. A cada etapa, o trio se aproximou da primavera feminin
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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),