M 4.8 in Myanmar on 12 May 2016 07:54 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 1086166
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 72 Km
Lat/Lon: 24.3106 , 94.3988
Event Date: 12 May 2016 07:54 UTC
12 May 2016 14:24 Local
Exposed Population:
2672990 people within 100km
Inserted at: 12 May 2016 08:15 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -0.6 -0.6
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: 331 | About casualties: 25 | Last hour: 0

BP-Wahl, Debatte,Schlacht BP-Wahl - Ö: "It´s the PEOPLE - stupid"!Mon, 16 May 2016 07:38:00 +0200.

1 9 9 2 - USA: "It´s the economy - s t u p i d"! Wir erinnern uns noch so by the way ... als Bill Clinton mit diesem Bonmot die Wahl 1992 für sich entschied. Ob der Sieg nur darauf zurückzuführen war, spielt dabei keine Rolle - mehr. Gleich
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Magnitude 5.9 earthquake hits off New Caledonia CoastMon, 16 May 2016 07:01:00 +0200.

A 5.9-magnitude earthquake occurred Monday off France's overseas territory in the Pacific Ocean, New Caledonia, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported. The quake struck at 00:41 GMT about 57 miles east of Ile Hunter at a depth of 6.2 mile
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Científicos predicen terremoto y mega tsunami en este lugarMon, 16 May 2016 05:43:00 +0200.

De acuerdo al estudio, el suceso podría darse en los próximos 50 años. Por Agencias / elsalvador.com 15.may.2016 | 16:18. Un equipo de investigadores de la Universidad de Hawai en Manoa (UHM) publicó un estudio esta semana en el que estima
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مصادر 14 آذار لـ"الجمهورية": الحديث عن تسونامي دليل على انّ الاحزاب تع ... Mon, 16 May 2016 05:05:00 +0200.

رأت مصادر في قوى 14 آذار أنّ "إعلان النيّات بين التيار الوطني الحر والقوات اللبنانية هو في حدّ ذاته أحد التعابير الخاصة بتقاسم السلطة، فالمشروعان مختلفان، فأحدُهما يتصل بالأمين العام لحزب الله السيّد حسن نصر الله لتعزيته باغتيال القيادي مصط
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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),