M 4.5 in Near Coast Of Nicaragua on 08 Mar 2016 16:54 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 1082097
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: 11.1502 , -86.8281
Event Date: 08 Mar 2016 16:54 UTC
08 Mar 2016 10:54 Local
Exposed Population:
127076 people within 100km
Inserted at: 08 Mar 2016 18:33 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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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Latest media headlines

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Police: 6 backcountry skiers dead in Italian Alps avalancheSat, 12 Mar 2016 16:42:00 +0100.

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Six dead in Italian Alps avalancheSat, 12 Mar 2016 16:40:00 +0100.

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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), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),