M 4.7 in Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of on 21 May 2016 16:33 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 1086705
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 9 Km
Lat/Lon: 41.2837 , 21.0608
Event Date: 21 May 2016 16:33 UTC
21 May 2016 18:33 Local
Exposed Population:
2815859 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 May 2016 18:39 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NOAIG 0.1 0.1
29F02904 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: 247 | About casualties: 7 | Last hour: 0

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KOMPAS.com - Bencana bisa datang kapan saja dan tempat perlindungan yang aman merupakan tempat pertama yang akan kita cari. Permasalah timbul ketika kita hanya bisa menemukan sedikit tempat aman untuk berlindung. Kini sebuah penemuan baru m
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Sri Lankan flood-hit families left with nothing, Red Cross says in eme ... Wed, 25 May 2016 16:12:00 +0200.

By Magdalena Mis. LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Floods in Sri Lanka which have forced more than 350,000 people from their homes have left some families with nothing, the Red Cross said on Wednesday as it launched an emergency appeal
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Sri Lankan flood-hit families left with nothing, Red Cross says in eme ... Wed, 25 May 2016 16:11:00 +0200.

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Floods in Sri Lanka which have forced more than 350,000 people from their homes have left some families with nothing, the Red Cross said on Wednesday as it launched an emergency appeal to deliver relief
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Girit'te 5.5 şiddetinde depremWed, 25 May 2016 14:40:00 +0200.

Bu sabah saat 11.36’da Atina’nın 397 kilometre güneydoğusunda, Girit Adası’nda şiddetli bir deprem yaşandı. İerapetra bölgesinin güneydoğusunda 5.5 şiddetinde ve 10 km derinliğinde olan deprem bütün adayı sarstı ve insanların panik halinde
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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),