M 4.8 in Mexico on 11 May 2016 09:03 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 1086110
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 1 Km
Lat/Lon: 30.718 , -115.835
Event Date: 11 May 2016 09:03 UTC
11 May 2016 02:03 Local
Exposed Population:
About 98640 people within 100km
Inserted at: 11 May 2016 09:12 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NTWC     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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 513 | About casualties: 6 | Last hour: 0

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Japanese language learning taking root in VietnamSun, 15 May 2016 06:45:00 +0200.

The article said Pham Quang Hung, a first secretary for educational affairs at the Vietnamese Embassy in Tokyo started studying Japanese at Foreign Trade University in Hanoi in 1994. He never imagined that Vietnamese children would one day
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Duhalde, sobre ley antidespidos: "Hacen un maremoto en una palang ... Sun, 15 May 2016 05:49:00 +0200.

El ex presidente Eduardo Duhalde opinó que "están haciendo un maremoto en una palangana" en referencia al debate por la ley antidespidos, y argumentó con que "no tiene ninguna importancia". "Esa ley es hacer un maremoto de una palangana, no
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Climate change: a serious issue for Pakistan 15-May-16 89Sun, 15 May 2016 03:23:00 +0200.

Climate Change is a serious global challenge. The impacts are being visible in the form of natural calamities and catastrophes, which is badly affecting human lives around the world. Deforestation, melting glaciers, rise in sea level and ra
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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),