M 6.2 in Italy on 24 Aug 2016 01:36 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 1092422
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.2M
Depth: 4 Km
Lat/Lon: 42.71 , 13.22
Event Date: 24 Aug 2016 01:36 UTC
24 Aug 2016 03:36 Local
Exposed Population: 2669578 people within 100km
Inserted at: 24 Aug 2016 03:33 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0.9 0.9
525580 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: 1375 | About casualties: 222 | Last hour: 0

Grieving Italy earthquake orphans make heartbreaking journey home with ... Sun, 28 Aug 2016 01:32:00 +0200.

The traumatised children of a flew home. UK couple killed in the Italian earthquake Orphans Jack and Francesca Henniker-Gotley, 14 and 15, arrived back in Britain after parents Maria, 51, and William, 55, were crushed to death in their vill
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Death toll continues to rise after devastating earthquake in ItalySun, 28 Aug 2016 01:26:00 +0200.

. Sat, Aug 27: A state funeral is being held in Italy for some of the victims of this week’s devastating earthquake. Authorities say the death toll has risen yet again as bodies continue to be recovered. Aarti Pole reports.
In wake of Italy quake, how ready is Los Angeles?Sun, 28 Aug 2016 01:05:00 +0200.

LOS ANGELES - The centuries-old villages are far from the Los Angeles skyline, both in distance and constructions style. But Cal Tech seismologist Lucy Jones warns the destruction from a shallow earthquake centered here would look very simi
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Many California buildings not ready for powerful earthquakesSun, 28 Aug 2016 01:05:00 +0200.

. August 27, 2016, 6:40 PM The centuries-old villages pulverized in the Italy earthquake are far from the Los Angeles skyline -- both in distance and construction style -- but seismologists warn the destruction from a shallow earthquake ce
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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31/Aug/2016 05:00 UTC

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EMSR (1), EC-JRC (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (2), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),