M 4.6 Off-shore on 17 Jul 2016 10:44 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 1090131
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 61.65 Km
Lat/Lon: -5.8603 , 151.8371
Event Date: 17 Jul 2016 10:44 UTC
17 Jul 2016 20:44 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 17 Jul 2016 11:06 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20006fcc 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: 902 | About casualties: 10 | Last hour: 0

Ecuador: UNICEF Ecuador Humanitarian Situation Report No.8, 22 July 20 ... Thu, 21 Jul 2016 09:46:00 +0200.

Highlights. • 175,000 people were reached with information on immediate vector control and individual protection through the Zika Campaign launched in Guayaquil July 14th by the MoH in close collaboration with UNICEF and PAHO/WHO. • School
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Popayán, un destino para visitar todo el añoThu, 21 Jul 2016 08:34:00 +0200.

Ni el terremoto del 31 de marzo de 1983, que dejó la ciudad parcialmente destruida, frenó el espíritu devoto de Popayán. Durante toda su historia, que se remonta a más de cuatro siglos, los payaneses nunca han dejado de celebrar las procesi
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Earthquake hits Alay district of KyrgyzstanThu, 21 Jul 2016 08:33:00 +0200.

An earthquake occurred today in Alay district, Osh region of Kyrgyzstan. Press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported. According to it, the seismic station of the Institute of Seismology of the National Academy of Sciences
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Malaysian photographer denies faking Fukushima photosThu, 21 Jul 2016 07:54:00 +0200.

KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysian photographer Keow Wee Loong has denied claims that he had fabricated the photographs he took at the radioactive exclusion zone in Fukushima, Japan. Polish photographer Arkadiusz Podniesinski, who himself had photogr
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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),