M 4.6 in El Salvador on 25 Feb 2016 20:12 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 1081344
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 46.07 Km
Lat/Lon: 12.6677 , -88.7675
Event Date: 25 Feb 2016 20:12 UTC
25 Feb 2016 14:12 Local
Exposed Population:
687683 people within 100km
Inserted at: 25 Feb 2016 21:00 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: 404 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 0

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La AIE apunta que la seguridad tras Fukushima ha aumentado pero debe m ... Mon, 29 Feb 2016 19:27:00 +0100.

La Agencia Internacional de la Energía (AIE) destacó hoy que cinco años después del accidente en la central nuclear japonesa de Fukushima la seguridad en ese tipo de plantas ha aumentado, pero es necesario que prosigan los esfuerzos para me
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Burundi: Sitrep du 26-02-2016 : Plan de contingence El Nino & Troubles ... Mon, 29 Feb 2016 19:21:00 +0100.

Cette information ne reflète que le travail de réponse fait par la Croix-Rouge du Burundi. La Croix-Rouge du Burundi avec l'appui de ses partenaires du Mouvement International de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge opère strictement de man
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Iráku hrozí zkázonosná tsunami z přehrady v MosuluMon, 29 Feb 2016 19:15:00 +0100.

. Iráku hrozí „bezprecedentní katastrofa“, protrhne-li se vodní přehrada u Mosulu. Ničivá vlna podobná tsunami by za pár hodin smetla celá města podél toku řeky Tigris a zabila až 1,5 miliónu obyvatel. V pondělí před tím varovaly Spojené st
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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.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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),