M 4.7 in Venezuela on 15 Jul 2016 06:42 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 1090015
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 9.345 , -70.6703
Event Date: 15 Jul 2016 06:42 UTC
15 Jul 2016 02:42 Local
Exposed Population:
1772604 people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 Jul 2016 07:06 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20006ev2 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: 352 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

National › M5.2 quake strikes Kanto region; no tsunami dangerTue, 19 Jul 2016 06:31:00 +0200.

TOKYO. An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.2 shook the Kanto region on Tuesday, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of damage. The epicenter of the quake, which struck at 12:57 p.m., was 30 kms
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Un seísmo de 5,2 grados sacude región al este de Tokio sin alerta de t ... Tue, 19 Jul 2016 06:31:00 +0200.

Tokio, 19 jul.- Un seísmo de 5,2 grados en la escala abierta de Ritcher sacudió hoy la prefectura nipona de Chiba, al este de Tokio, sin que la Agencia de Meteorología de Japón (JMA) emitiera alerta de tsunami ni se informara de daños en la
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زلزال قوته 5.2 درجة يهز شرق اليابان ولا تحذير من تسونامي - خارجياتTue, 19 Jul 2016 06:27:00 +0200.

هز زلزال قدرت قوته مبدئيا عند 5.2 درجة شرق اليابان اليوم الثلاثاء لكن لم يصدر تحذير من أمواج مد بحري قوية «تسونامي» ولم ترد على الفور تقارير عن أضرار. وهز الزلزال الذي كان مركزه شرقي طوكيو المباني في العاصمة لكنه لم يكن من القوة بحيث يسقط ا
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Magnitude 5.2 earthquake shakes eastern JapanTue, 19 Jul 2016 06:27:00 +0200.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.2 shook eastern Japan on Tuesday, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of damage. The quake, centred east of Tokyo, shook buildings in the capital but was not
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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),