M 4.8 in Algeria on 10 Apr 2016 17:48 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 1084089
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 14.37 Km
Lat/Lon: 36.3595 , 3.5
Event Date: 10 Apr 2016 17:48 UTC
10 Apr 2016 18:48 Local
Exposed Population:
8365532 people within 100km
Inserted at: 10 Apr 2016 19:18 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.2 0.2
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: 602 | About casualties: 7 | Last hour: 0

C’è stato un terremoto di magnitudo 6.4 nel sud del Giappone, sono in ... Thu, 14 Apr 2016 17:40:00 +0200.

Alle 14:26 di oggi ora italiana, le 21:26 in Giappone, c’è stato un terremoto di magnitudo 6.4 nei pressi della città di Kumamoto nel sud del paese, sull’isola di Kyushu. La verifica dei danni è ancora in corso da parte delle autorità e ci
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زلزال بقوة 6.4 درجات يضرب جنوب غرب اليابان ضرب زلزال بقوة 6.4 درجات عل ... Thu, 14 Apr 2016 17:39:00 +0200.

ضرب زلزال بقوة 6.4 درجات على مقياس ريختر، اليوم، جنوب غرب اليابان في كوماموتو، حيث يوجد العديد من المحطات النووية، وكشفت مصلحة الأرصاد الجوية اليابانية عدم وجود خطر بوقوع تسونامي. وذكرت محطة "إن إتش كي" اليابانية من جهتها أن الهزات كانت قوي
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Terremoto di magnitudo 6,4 nel sudest del Giappone.Thu, 14 Apr 2016 17:39:00 +0200.

Non ci sarebbero vittime. Il sisma ha colpito , nella prefettura di Kumamoto. È il più forte da quello dell’11 marzo 2011 che causò uno tsunami e l’incidente alla centrale nucleare di Fukushima . Questa volta le autorità escludono il rischi
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Strong quake hurts 45 in south Japan; people may be trappedThu, 14 Apr 2016 17:38:00 +0200.

MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press. TOKYO (AP) — A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 knocked over houses in southern Japan on Thursday evening, and police said people may be trapped underneath. Japanese Red Cross Kumamot
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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),