M 4.5 in Italy on 24 Aug 2016 04:06 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 1092458
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 8 Km
Lat/Lon: 42.77 , 13.12
Event Date: 24 Aug 2016 04:06 UTC
24 Aug 2016 06:06 Local
Exposed Population:
2815855 people within 100km
Inserted at: 24 Aug 2016 04:24 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0 0
525672 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 1038 | About casualties: 177 | Last hour: 0

When death comes to stay: one Italian village's story AFP 18 mins agoSun, 28 Aug 2016 03:48:00 +0200.

© Provided by AFP Rubble and debris of a destroyed house pictured in the damaged village of Saletta, central Italy, on August 26, 2016, three days after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck the region Nowhere was hit harder by the earthquake t
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Ascienden a 290 las víctimas mortales en el terremoto de ItaliaSun, 28 Aug 2016 03:27:00 +0200.

El número de muertos por el terremoto que afectó en la madrugada del miércoles al centro de Italia se ha elevado hasta los 290 según los últimos datos oficiales. El número de muertos por el terremoto que afectó en la madrugada del miércoles
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Living in dangerous placesSun, 28 Aug 2016 03:26:00 +0200.

AUGUST 28 — Why do we live in dangerous places? This week’s deadly earthquake in central Italy, which has delivered brutal images of ordinary lives being torn apart in the blink of an eye in the middle of the night, was horrific and terrify
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The embrace of life: A story of 2 sisters in Italy's quakeSun, 28 Aug 2016 03:21:00 +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 (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),