M 5 in Argentina on 27 Apr 2016 02:16 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 1085242
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 20.4 Km
Lat/Lon: -31.6238 , -67.6428
Event Date: 27 Apr 2016 02:16 UTC
26 Apr 2016 23:16 Local
Exposed Population:
642005 people within 100km
Inserted at: 27 Apr 2016 02:39 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  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 332 | About casualties: 7 | Last hour: 0

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La playa Murciélago en Manta está prácticamente vacía, a pesar del ped ... Sun, 01 May 2016 00:24:00 +0200.

Playa Murciélago, una de las zonas más turísticas del Ecuador, lució prácticamente vacía durante este sábado 30 de abril . Muy pocos turistas y uno que otro lugareño llegaron a disfrutar del mar, a pesar del pedido que ha hecho el Gobierno
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Five myths about the Pacific RimSun, 01 May 2016 00:19:00 +0200.

A tragic month along the tectonic subduction zones that surround the Pacific Rim has also been a spellbinding one for seismologists. A magnitude 6.2 quake on April 14 was followed a day later by a magnitude 7.0, together killing at least 49
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Diez argentinos continúan desaparecidos tras el sismo ocurrido en Ecuador hace dos semanas, y en las próximas horas regresa a Argentina el avión Hércules que brindó ayuda, con cuatro personas que regresan al país, informaron cónsules argent
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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),