M 4.7 in Morocco on 23 Feb 2016 10:12 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 1081185
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.7094 , -3.5584
Event Date: 23 Feb 2016 10:12 UTC
23 Feb 2016 10:12 Local
Exposed Population:
942447 people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 Feb 2016 10:54 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  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 572 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

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NAMIE, Fukushima Prefecture--Blackboards in classrooms of an abandoned school here provided the perfect canvas for rescue workers to scribble messages to bolster the morale of evacuees of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Town authorities rem
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CDE: demandas contra el Estado suman $91 mil millonesSat, 27 Feb 2016 09:17:00 +0100.

El Consejo de Defensa del Estado (CDE) realizó un balance sobre la situación actual de las causas que revisa el organismo sobre el 27/F. De acuerdo a cifras entregadas por la institución, en las 52 demandas contra el Estado se solicita una
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Une carte postale de FutunaSat, 27 Feb 2016 07:56:00 +0100.

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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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),