M 4.8 in Tanzania on 22 Mar 2016 10:56 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 1082973
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -4.466 , 35.9758
Event Date: 22 Mar 2016 10:56 UTC
22 Mar 2016 13:56 Local
Exposed Population:
1207412 people within 100km
Inserted at: 22 Mar 2016 11:21 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
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: 273 | About casualties: 6 | Last hour: 0

26 Marzo 1947: terremoto e tsunami a Gisborne, Nuova ZelandaSat, 26 Mar 2016 08:50:00 +0100.

(Di sabato 26 marzo 2016) Il 26 Marzo 1947 una scossa di terremoto di magnitudo 7 della scala Richter colpì Gisborn, nella Peverty Bay, situata sulla costa di nordest dell’Isola Settentrionale della Nuova Zelanda . In seguito alle vibrazion
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Ishinomaki opts to preserve school where so many perishedSat, 26 Mar 2016 08:44:00 +0100.

ISHINOMAKI, Miyagi Prefecture--City authorities here have decided to preserve ruined school buildings that were the site of heartbreaking tragedy in the earthquake and tsunami disaster five years ago. The skeletal Okawa Elementary School bu
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Bakery opens earlier than ever to cope with demand for hot cross bunsSat, 26 Mar 2016 07:59:00 +0100.

THERE were queues round the block as a much loved bakery opened early for hot cross bun lovers. In what has become something of a tradition in Brighton on Good Friday, scores of people, young and old, formed an orderly line outside Ravens B
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Articoli scritti da: Chicco TestaSat, 26 Mar 2016 07:50:00 +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),