M 5.2 Off-shore on 20 Aug 2016 20:23 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 1092232
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 33.8 Km
Lat/Lon: -55.2223 , -31.1955
Event Date: 20 Aug 2016 20:23 UTC
20 Aug 2016 18:23 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 Aug 2016 20:42 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006fh0 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: 3699 | About casualties: 492 | Last hour: 0

Earthquake in Italy: Dublin High Graduate Says Italians Are in ShockWed, 24 Aug 2016 20:14:00 +0200.

DUBLIN, CA — Dublin High graduate Collin Wellman was asleep when the massive 6.2 earthquake hit southern Italy early Wednesday morning. When he awoke, he was heartbroken to learn about the devastating quake that killed more than 70 people.
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La ONU ofrece su apoyo a Italia y Birmania tras los terremotosWed, 24 Aug 2016 20:13:00 +0200.

El secretario general de la ONU, Ban Ki-moon, ofreció hoy el apoyo de la organización a Italia y Birmania tras los terremotos registrados en ambos países. A través de su portavoz, Stéphane Dujarric, Ban dijo que Naciones Unidas está prepara
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El mundo del deporte italiano se solidariza con víctimas del terremotoWed, 24 Aug 2016 20:11:00 +0200.

El mundo del deporte italiano envió hoy, 24 de agosto del 2016, mensajes de apoyo para los afectados por el terremoto que ha sacudido el centro del país causando al menos 73 muertos. El presidente del Comité Olímpico italiano (CONI), Giovan
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El rico patrimonio histórico que quedó en ruinas tras el terremoto en ... Wed, 24 Aug 2016 20:11:00 +0200.

Construcciones que datan del siglo XII e imponentes iglesias son algunas de las atracciones de localidades como Amatrice, Accumoli y Norcia que han sufrido graves daños tras el sismo. Considerada un punto de peregrinación, Amatrice también
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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),