M 4.8 Off-shore on 12 Jul 2016 18:56 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 1089868
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 15.5 Km
Lat/Lon: -32.017 , 57.4519
Event Date: 12 Jul 2016 18:56 UTC
12 Jul 2016 22:56 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 12 Jul 2016 19:45 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000631p 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 666 | About casualties: 9 | Last hour: 0

After 36,000 years, a massive volcano near Rome rumbles to lifeSat, 16 Jul 2016 18:49:00 +0200.

Italy, home to one of the most famous volcanic disasters in history, is showing signs that another massive eruption is brewing, according to a new study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. Almost 2,000 years after the bur
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Looking back: 1990 Luzon killer quakeSat, 16 Jul 2016 18:31:00 +0200.

Among those who figured prominently in the search, rescue and relief mission for victims of one of the strongest earthquakes to hit the country was Philippine Red Cross Chairman Richard Gordon. Gordon quickly joined the massive rescue and r
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¿Le tenemos demasiado miedo a la radiación nuclear?Sat, 16 Jul 2016 18:24:00 +0200.

Le tenemos demasiado miedo a la radiación nuclear? 16/07/2016 - 12:11:28 BBC.- Pasaron más de 5 años desde que un terremoto y un tsunami en la costa de Japón causaron una enorme fuga de material radiactivo en los océanos del mundo. Los trab
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Tres meses después del terremoto en Ecuador, se continúa con la recons ... Sat, 16 Jul 2016 18:18:00 +0200.

Este sábado 16 de julio se cumplen tres meses del terremoto, de 7,8 grados en la escala de Richter, sufrido en la zona de la costa En el informe semanal del Presidente de la República, Rafael Correa, se destacó la reconstrucción de casas e
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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 (4), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),