M 4.6 in Morocco on 23 Feb 2016 08:46 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 1081177
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.66 , -3.62
Event Date: 23 Feb 2016 08:46 UTC
23 Feb 2016 08:46 Local
Exposed Population:
1014589 people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 Feb 2016 10:06 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0 0
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=490180 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 576 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

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Après avoir passé 7 ans à la tête du collège Kervallon, Anne-Marie Verwilghen a rejoint sa nouvelle affectation à Futuna en août 2015. à l'occasion de la visite de François Hollande sur cette île polynésienne, elle nous a envoyé une carte p
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Crime › 67 seconded police officers to permanently work in disaster-hi ... Sat, 27 Feb 2016 07:50:00 +0100.

TOKYO. A total of 67 police officers who were seconded to Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures devastated by the massive earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 have decided to work permanently in the disaster-struck areas, National Police
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67 seconded police officers to permanently work in disaster-hit areasSat, 27 Feb 2016 07:08:00 +0100.

A total of 67 police officers who were seconded to Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures devastated by the massive earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 have decided to work permanently in the disaster-struck areas, National Police Agency
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00:28 | A 6 años del 27/F Caso Tsunami podría terminar en juicio abrev ... Sat, 27 Feb 2016 06:08:00 +0100.

Para el Óscar Tucas lunes 14 de marzo está fijada la audiencia de preparación de juicio oral para los formalizados en el denominado caso Tsunami. Luego de la catástrofe natural ocurrida el 27 de febrero del 2010 y que le costó la vida a 156
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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),