M 4.6 Off-shore on 17 Jul 2016 10:55 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 1090132
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 25.73 Km
Lat/Lon: 30.379 , 98.3187
Event Date: 17 Jul 2016 10:55 UTC
17 Jul 2016 18:55 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 17 Jul 2016 11:18 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20006fce 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

Fukushima admite que no puede evitar al 100 % filtración de agua radia ... Thu, 21 Jul 2016 10:50:00 +0200.

Tokio, 21 jul.- La propietaria de Fukushima admitió por primera vez que el muro helado subterráneo que levanta alrededor de sus reactores para evitar que se filtre agua a su interior no podrá bloquear el 100 % del líquido, lo que complica e
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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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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),