M 4.9 in Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge on 07 Apr 2016 16:13 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 1083910
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 14.81 Km
Lat/Lon: 32.3645 , -40.1659
Event Date: 07 Apr 2016 16:13 UTC
07 Apr 2016 13:13 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 07 Apr 2016 17:24 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  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 521 | About casualties: 36 | Last hour: 0

Six dead in Pakistan after strong quake rattles South AsiaMon, 11 Apr 2016 16:00:00 +0200.

Six people were killed across northern Pakistan although there appeared to be no widespread damage after a strong earthquake rattled major cities across South Asia at the weekend, authorities said on Monday. The 6.6-magnitude quake on Sunda
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25 houses damaged in Indonesia's 5.9-magnitude earthquakeMon, 11 Apr 2016 15:59:00 +0200.

JAKARTA, April 11 (Xinhua) -- A 5.9-magnitude quake jolted Bengkulu province of Sumatra Island in Indonesia on Sunday, damaged at least 25 houses, Edward Junaidi, senior official of local disaster management agency told Xinhua on Monday. Th
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Caso Tsunami: Suspenden audiencia de forzamiento de acusación en contr ... Mon, 11 Apr 2016 15:54:00 +0200.

Apenas 10 minutos duró la revisión de la solicitud emanada por la Fiscalía para no perseverar en la investigación del rol que tuvo la Presidenta Bachelet en la muerte de 104 personas en el tsunami de la noche del 27F, pues finalmente se sus
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Justicia revisa este lunes si la Presidenta Bachelet será o no investi ... Mon, 11 Apr 2016 15:29:00 +0200.

En el Séptimo Juzgado de Garantía se revisa este lunes la solicitud emanada por la Fiscalía para no perseverar en la investigación sobre el rol que tuvo la Presidenta Michelle Bachelet en la muerte de 104 personas en el tsunami de la noche
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),