M 4.6 Off-shore on 23 May 2016 13:33 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 1086840
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 22.247 , -45.0424
Event Date: 23 May 2016 13:33 UTC
23 May 2016 10:33 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 May 2016 15:45 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: 1083 | About casualties: 61 | Last hour: 0

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BANGKOK.-Un terremoto de 6,4 de magnitud en la escala abierta de Richter sacudió hoy la región sureste de las Islas Fiyi, en el Pacífico sur, sin que las autoridades hayan informado de víctimas, ni de que se haya emitido alerta por tsunami.
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Un terremoto de magnitud 5,4 sacude el centro PerúFri, 27 May 2016 13:29:00 +0200.

REDACCIÓN INTERNACIONAL.- Un sismo de magnitud 5,4 se ha producido este viernes a 13 kilómetros al noroeste del distrito de Campoverde, en la provincia de Coronel Portillo (Perú), informa el Servicio Geológico de EE.UU. (USGS). El terremoto
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Everest rescuers find body of missing Indian climberFri, 27 May 2016 13:15:00 +0200.

KATHMANDU: Rescuers on Friday (May 27) found the body of one of two Indian climbers missing on Mount Everest, before bad weather forced them to halt search operations, an expedition operator said. The two men - identified by the Indian emba
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Mount Everest death: Rescuers retrieve Maria Strydom's bodyFri, 27 May 2016 13:13:00 +0200.

Arnold Coster, who led the expedition, responded to criticisms the group did not sleep at Camp 3 on the way up, saying that can also weaken climbers. Sherpa climbers brought Strydom's body down the mountain to Camp 2 (6400 metres) on Wednes
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),