M 4.8 in Talaud Islands, Indonesia on 05 Apr 2016 08:42 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 1083759
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 39.37 Km
Lat/Lon: 4.2049 , 126.6824
Event Date: 05 Apr 2016 08:42 UTC
05 Apr 2016 16:42 Local
Exposed Population:
232590 people within 100km
Inserted at: 05 Apr 2016 09:03 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 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: 453 | About casualties: 11 | Last hour: 0

Interfax: Earthquake measuring 4.0 registered off the Kuril IslandsSat, 09 Apr 2016 08:10:00 +0200.

Moscow. Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences registered an earthquake of magnitude 4.0 on the Richter scale in the Pacific Ocean off the Russia's Kuril Islands, Interfax reported. The earthquake was registered some 75 km s
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Terremoto magnitudo 3.1 al largo di LampedusaSat, 09 Apr 2016 08:07:00 +0200.

(Di sabato 9 aprile 2016) Un Terremoto magnitudo 3.1 si è verificato nel cuore nel Mar Mediterraneo, al largo della costa tunisina, poco distante da Lampedusa , alle 06:55 ora italiana ad una profondità di 30 km. L’evento è stato localizzat
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Terrifying simulation shows tsunami ripping through Japanese citySat, 09 Apr 2016 07:20:00 +0200.

The video shows a huge wave bursting into Kamakura, and was released by officials who think residents may have become complacent after the 2011 tsunami. Source: NTV.
Japan reminds citizens of tsunami danger with disturbingly realistic C ... Sat, 09 Apr 2016 05:32:00 +0200.

Concerned that citizens have forgotten the horror of the 2011 tsunami that struck Japan, authorities have released a disturbingly realistic video showing a mock monster wave destroying the historic town of Kamakura. The tourist town's iconi
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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),