M 4.7 Off-shore on 12 Jul 2016 18:41 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 1089873
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 17.12 Km
Lat/Lon: -29.0947 , 61.0327
Event Date: 12 Jul 2016 18:41 UTC
12 Jul 2016 22:41 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 12 Jul 2016 21:06 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006316 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: 661 | About casualties: 8 | Last hour: 0

¿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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Presidente de Ecuador se muestra optimista frente a economía del segun ... Sat, 16 Jul 2016 18:18:00 +0200.

Comentó que pese a los factores externos espera que la economía del país mejore Desde el Tena, Rafael Correa, Presidente de Ecuador, se mostró optimista sobre la economía de este nuevo semestre de 2016. Precisó que a pesar de las dificultad
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Multiple minor earthquakes jolt TaiwanSat, 16 Jul 2016 17:49:00 +0200.

TAIPEI, July 16 (Xinhua) -- Five earthquakes hit Taiwan on Saturday between 9:19 a.m. and 4:52 p.m., according to the island's weather bureau. No damage or casualties have been reported from these quakes. A magnitude-4.1 earthquake, the str
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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),