M 4.6 in Peru on 21 Mar 2016 08:31 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 1082913
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 48.42 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.4139 , -77.7318
Event Date: 21 Mar 2016 08:31 UTC
21 Mar 2016 03:31 Local
Exposed Population:
414671 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Mar 2016 10:03 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  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Meteo assessment
Satellite products
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 318 | About casualties: 8 | Last hour: 0

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Disaster Science Institute at Tohoku University in Japan Publishes Two ... Fri, 25 Mar 2016 08:02:00 +0100.

SENDAI, Japan March 25, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- In observance of the fifth anniversary of the 2011 disaster in north eastern Japan , the International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS) published "IRIDeS Quarterly Vol.7" and "IRID
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3-D map shows traffic fatalities of wild animals around Mt. FujiFri, 25 Mar 2016 07:10:00 +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), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),