M 4.9 in Peru on 03 Mar 2016 10:09 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 1081774
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 46.59 Km
Lat/Lon: -16.0928 , -74.012
Event Date: 03 Mar 2016 10:09 UTC
03 Mar 2016 05:09 Local
Exposed Population:
About 42365 people within 100km
Inserted at: 03 Mar 2016 10:42 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 597 | About casualties: 8 | Last hour: 0

Ein Debakel mit AnsageMon, 07 Mar 2016 09:26:00 +0100.

Das wird nicht nur ein Erdbeben. Das wird ein Tsunami. Wenn die Prognosen zu den Landtagswahlen innerhalb der üblichen Fehlertoleranz bleiben, erlebt Deutschland am 13. März nichts weniger als eine Neuordnung des Kräftespiels. Drei Megatren
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FIVE YEARS AFTER: Fukushima fishermen still struggle to prove catches ... Mon, 07 Mar 2016 09:24:00 +0100.

Fukushima fishermen have been stuck in a vicious circle over the past five years. Whenever a glimmer of hope arises that they can resume normal operations, something happens at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant that quashes the optimism. “J
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Prima e dopo lo tsunami Foto In Giappone, cinque anni dopoMon, 07 Mar 2016 09:24:00 +0100.

Il Giappone prima e dopo lo tsunami che l’11 marzo 2011 devastò il paese. Google Street View ha pubblicato le fotografie che mostrano a 360 gradi com’erano prima e come sono diventate dopo le aree colpite dal terremoto di magnitudo 8.9. L’a
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Fukushima, miles de personas sin hogar cinco años despuésMon, 07 Mar 2016 08:55:00 +0100.

Miles de los evacuados por el tsunami que arrasó el nordeste de Japón en marzo de 2011 continuarán sin poder regresar a sus hogares incluso una década después de la catástrofe, han informado las autoridades locales afectadas. Unas 59.000 pe
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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),