M 5.2 in Morocco on 12 Mar 2016 15:17 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 1082347
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.6249 , -3.6007
Event Date: 12 Mar 2016 15:17 UTC
12 Mar 2016 15:17 Local
Exposed Population:
1121713 people within 100km
Inserted at: 12 Mar 2016 15:33 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.3 0.3
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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 519 | About casualties: 7 | Last hour: 0

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Murder inquiry after NI prison officer's deathWed, 16 Mar 2016 15:02:00 +0100.

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Sejak 2011, Museum Tsunami Dikunjungi 2,4 Juta WisatawanWed, 16 Mar 2016 14:44:00 +0100.

BANDA ACEH, KOMPAS.com - Kepala Museum Tsunami Tomy Mulia Hasan mengatakan museum yang dipimpinnya sudah dikunjungi 2,4 juta pengunjung sejak 2011. "Sejak museum ini beroperasi pada 2011, total pengunjung yang mengunjungi Museum Tsunami Ace
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Japan’s Imperial couple pay fifth visit to Fukushima since 2011 disast ... Wed, 16 Mar 2016 14:30:00 +0100.

FUKUSHIMA – Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on Wednesday visited Fukushima Prefecture for the fifth time since a massive earthquake and tsunami triggered the country’s worst nuclear accident in the prefecture five years ago. In the town
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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),