M 4.5 in Ecuador on 06 Jun 2016 16:45 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 1087691
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 13.91 Km
Lat/Lon: 0.5717 , -80.037
Event Date: 06 Jun 2016 16:45 UTC
06 Jun 2016 11:45 Local
Exposed Population:
515080 people within 100km
Inserted at: 06 Jun 2016 19:54 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us200062cm 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: 882 | About casualties: 45 | Last hour: 0

Terremoto en Ecuador: 668 es la nueva cifra de muertosFri, 10 Jun 2016 16:32:00 +0200.

Quito, EFE. El presidente de Ecuador, Rafael Correa, informó que ascendió a 668 el número de muertos por el terremoto de 7,8 grados de magnitud que asoló un sector de la costa norte de su país el pasado 16 de abril. "Tenemos que lamentar el
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Die perfekte WelleFri, 10 Jun 2016 16:08:00 +0200.

Faszination Meer. Der Ozean - unendliche Weiten. Der Atlantik, der Pazifik und der Indische Ozean bedecken zusammen rund 71 Prozent der Erdoberfläche. Von den geschätzten knapp einer Million Tier- und Pflanzenarten in den Weltmeeren wurden
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Le "oui, mais" de l'autorité de sûreté nucléaire en PacaFri, 10 Jun 2016 16:08:00 +0200.

Cinq ans après, Fukushima continue d'alimenter études et inquiétudes dans le domaine de la sûreté nucléaire. Alors que les conséquences du tsunami japonais de 2011 dévoilent progressivement leurs indicateurs aux scientifiques, les Européens
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Prepared for the worst: Washington National Guard takes part in readin ... Fri, 10 Jun 2016 16:04:00 +0200.

Parachutes slowly floated down from Chinook helicopters, first carrying boxes of supplies and then the paratroopers who set up a field operations center as part of the readiness drill for a megaquake and tsunami. Chief Warrant Officer James
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),