M 4.6 Off-shore on 07 May 2016 15:28 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 1085885
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -37.0343 , -96.1067
Event Date: 07 May 2016 15:28 UTC
07 May 2016 09:28 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 07 May 2016 15:54 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  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 1091 | About casualties: 19 | Last hour: 0

Vicepresidente Jorge Glas y Ministro de Comercio Exterior, Juan Carlos ... Wed, 11 May 2016 15:16:00 +0200.

El vicepresidente de la República, Jorge Glas, liderará la misión ecuatoriana a Bruselas, La Haya y Bratislava, cuya agenda tiene como prioridad abreviar los plazos para el tratamiento de la adhesión al acuerdo comercial multipartes entre E
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Jack Knox: Victoria teen back in Nepal, a year after big quakeWed, 11 May 2016 15:08:00 +0200.

It being her first full day in Nepal, Sidney’s Haley Westra was at Kathmandu’s Monkey Temple when the earthquake struck. The teenager later described it as feeling as though she were on a roller-coaster. At first, she didn’t know what was h
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Nine sherpas first to climb Everest after Nepal disastersWed, 11 May 2016 15:06:00 +0200.

Light illuminates Mount Everest, during the in Solukhumbu District also known as the Everest region, in this picture taken November 30, 2015. REUTERS/Navesh Chitraka By Gopal Sharma. KATHMANDU (Reuters) - A Nepali sherpa led a nine-man tea
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60 injured as earthquake hits TibetWed, 11 May 2016 14:56:00 +0200.

A shallow 5.5-magnitude earthquake has struck the mountainous region of Tibet, injuring 60 people, collapsing houses and damaging bridges and roads, authorities said. The quake struck at 9.15am (01.15 GMT), 44 miles north-west of Gyamotang
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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), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),