M 4.6 in Mexico on 18 Aug 2016 22:51 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 1092109
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 44.83 Km
Lat/Lon: 16.3896 , -98.2701
Event Date: 18 Aug 2016 22:51 UTC
18 Aug 2016 17:51 Local
Exposed Population:
751289 people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 Aug 2016 23:51 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006evg 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: 792 | About casualties: 11 | Last hour: 0

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Fiona is holding as tropical depression in the AtlanticMon, 22 Aug 2016 20:18:00 +0200.

MIAMI (AP) - The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Fiona is holding as a tropical depression in the Atlantic. The depression's maximum sustained winds Monday are near 35 mph (55 kph). Little change in strength is expected during the next
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Fiona is holding as tropical depression in the AtlanticMon, 22 Aug 2016 19:49:00 +0200.

MIAMI (AP) - The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Fiona is holding as a tropical depression in the Atlantic. The depression's maximum sustained winds Monday are near 35 mph (55 kph). Little change in strength is expected during the next
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Go To Florida PatchMon, 22 Aug 2016 19:42:00 +0200.

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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),