M 4.8 in Eritrea on 07 Mar 2016 22:43 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 1082050
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 17.6795 , 40.2546
Event Date: 07 Mar 2016 22:43 UTC
08 Mar 2016 01:43 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 07 Mar 2016 23:03 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: 432 | About casualties: 17 | Last hour: 0

Japón se enfrenta a las heridas del tsunami y Fukushima cinco años des ... Fri, 11 Mar 2016 22:21:00 +0100.

TOKIO. Japón conmemoró hoy de manera solemne y contenida el quinto aniversario del terremoto y tsunami del 11 de marzo de 2011, mientras siguen en marcha las labores de reconstrucción y sin resolver la complicada situación de Fukushima. El
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Cinco años de FukushimaFri, 11 Mar 2016 22:21:00 +0100.

Una mujer deposita unas flores en una playa de Sendai, Japón, en memoria de las víctimas del terremoto y tsunami de 2011 en Fukushima, el 11 de marzo de 2016. AFP / Toru Yamanaka Japón conmemoró hoy de manera solemne y contenida el quinto
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Conmemora Japón cinco años de tsunamiFri, 11 Mar 2016 22:21:00 +0100.

Tokio Japón recuerda hoy uno de los capítulos más dolorosos de su historia, el ocurrido el 11 de marzo de 2011 cuando un terremoto y un subsecuente maremoto dejaron más 20 mil muertos o desaparecidos y provocaron la peor crisis nuclear del
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Japanese groups in S'pore hold remembrance eventFri, 11 Mar 2016 22:18:00 +0100.

More than 200 people attended a reception held yesterday by the Japanese Association and Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry to remember Japan's deadly earthquake and tsunami. Among the guests at the association's premises in Adam Roa
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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), INFORM (2), USGS (2),