M 4.9 Off-shore on 23 Aug 2016 17:47 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 1092400
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 29.61 Km
Lat/Lon: -1.2466 , -15.8164
Event Date: 23 Aug 2016 17:47 UTC
23 Aug 2016 16:47 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 Aug 2016 19:00 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006g1c 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: 1015 | About casualties: 153 | Last hour: 0

The embrace of life: A story of 2 sisters in Italy’s quakeSat, 27 Aug 2016 17:33:00 +0200.

ASCOLI PICENO, Italy (AP) — In the chaos of Italy’s devastating earthquake, an older sister’s embrace allowed a young girl to survive. The heartbreaking story of 9-year-old Giulia Rinaldo and her younger sister Giorgia was recounted Saturda
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La prevención antisísmica un reto para Italia tras el terremotoSat, 27 Aug 2016 17:33:00 +0200.

A pesar de que los expertos aseguran que los terremotos no se pueden predecir, importantes ingenieros y geólogos consideran que se pueden reducir los riesgos de derrumbes en los cascos históricas de Italia con técnicas complejas y hasta men
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Scientists warn oil explorations can cause tremors, earthquakesSat, 27 Aug 2016 17:32:00 +0200.

Following recent earth tremors in some parts of the country, some scientist have warned that earthquakes can be triggered by oil and gas exploration, among other human activities, especially in the Niger Delta. The News Agency of Nigeria (N
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Explainer: Italy's history of earthquake destructionSat, 27 Aug 2016 17:27:00 +0200.

The Appenines region of central Italy has been struck by a deadly earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2. The quake, which had an epicentre roughly 10km southeast of Norcia, Italy, occurred just over seven years after the 2009 L'Aquila earthqua
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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),