M 4.5 in Honduras on 27 Mar 2016 09:39 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 1083232
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 19.75 Km
Lat/Lon: 17.0219 , -85.1743
Event Date: 27 Mar 2016 09:39 UTC
27 Mar 2016 03:39 Local
Exposed Population:
About 3294 people within 100km
Inserted at: 27 Mar 2016 10:15 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 240 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

SDF sees applications dive for noncommissioned officersWed, 30 Mar 2016 23:27:00 +0200.

The Self-Defense Forces are seeing a dive in applications for noncommissioned officers, who traditionally play major roles in military missions, Defense Ministry officials said. In fiscal 2015, applications sank 19.4 percent year on year to
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Japan regulators OK ice wall at Fukushima plantWed, 30 Mar 2016 23:05:00 +0200.

TOKYO: Japanese regulators on Wednesday approved the use of a giant refrigeration system to create an unprecedented underground frozen barrier around buildings at the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant in an attempt to contain leaking radioact
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Japan approves giant ice wall to contain Fukushima plantWed, 30 Mar 2016 22:11:00 +0200.

TOKYO—Japanese regulators on Wednesday approved the use of a giant refrigeration system to create an unprecedented underground frozen barrier around buildings at the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant in an attempt to contain leaking radioacti
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World: On First Anniversary of Sendai Framework Adoption, Deputy Secre ... Wed, 30 Mar 2016 21:37:00 +0200.

DSG/SM/953-ENV/DEV/1646. Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at an event marking the first anniversary of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and World Tsunami Awareness D
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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),