M 5.1 Off-shore on 12 Apr 2016 22:34 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 1084256
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -50.7419 , 29.2377
Event Date: 12 Apr 2016 22:34 UTC
13 Apr 2016 00:34 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 12 Apr 2016 22:54 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: 1237 | About casualties: 173 | Last hour: 0

Una serie de terremotos sacuden Japón y dejan al menos 40 muertosSat, 16 Apr 2016 22:22:00 +0200.

Japón , y han causado hasta el momento más de 40 muertos, millares de heridos y cientos de miles de desplazados. Las autoridades temen que aumente el número de víctimas por las personas que puedan estar bajo los escombros y no descartan nue
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3 mln mieszkańców stolicy Chile bez wody pitnejSat, 16 Apr 2016 22:18:00 +0200.

Według chilijskiego instytutu sejsmologicznego trzęsienie miało siłę aż 8,4 w skali Richtera, natomiast według amerykańskiej służby geologicznej USGS - 8,3. Po nim nastąpiły silne wstrząsy wtórne. Fale zalały dzielnice mieszkalne jednego z
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Faute d'audience suffisante, D8 aurait décidé d'écourter ...Sat, 16 Apr 2016 22:15:00 +0200.

metrofrance.com schreibt dazu weiter: JAPON – Au lendemain d'un premier tremblement de terre dans le sud du pays, une nouvelle secousse a . VIDEO - Un second séisme frappe le Japon et fait au moins 18 morts. weiterlesen ... Dazu meldet nouv
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At least 34 believed dead and about 1,500 injured with ...Sat, 16 Apr 2016 22:15:00 +0200.

Mitteilung von voanews.com: Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has ordered more troops and disaster relief officials to the south of the country where two powerful earthquakes have struck over the span of two days At least 19 people are repo
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
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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), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),