M 4.7 Off-shore on 14 May 2016 23:37 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 1086315
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 29.028199999999998 , 143.0114
Event Date: 14 May 2016 23:37 UTC
15 May 2016 09:37 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 14 May 2016 23:57 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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 652 | About casualties: 48 | Last hour: 0

One dead as aftershocks shake quake-weary EcuadorWed, 18 May 2016 23:30:00 +0200.

Terrified Ecuadorans poured into the streets after waking up in the middle of the night to a 6.8-magnitude earthquake, which hit as the country is struggling to clean up the devastation left by a powerful 7.8-magnitude quake on April 16. Th
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One dead as aftershocks shake quake-weary EcuadorWed, 18 May 2016 23:29:00 +0200.

Two strong aftershocks killed one person and injured 85 Wednesday as they shook Ecuador a month after a devastating earthquake left some 700 dead, President Rafael Correa said. Terrified Ecuadorans poured into the streets after waking up in
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1 dead, dozens hurt as 2 powerful aftershocks rattle EcuadorWed, 18 May 2016 23:29:00 +0200.

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Two powerful earthquakes jolted Ecuador on Wednesday, causing one death and injuring dozens. Neither appeared to have caused serious damage but the government decided to cancel school nationwide as a precaution. In G
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1 dead, dozens hurt as 2 powerful aftershocks rattle EcuadorWed, 18 May 2016 23:28:00 +0200.

QUITO, Ecuador — Two powerful earthquakes jolted Ecuador on Wednesday, causing one death and injuring dozens. Neither appeared to have caused serious damage but the government decided to cancel school nationwide as a precaution. In Guayaqui
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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),