M 4.9 in Italy on 24 Aug 2016 11:50 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 1092515
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 8 Km
Lat/Lon: 42.82 , 13.15
Event Date: 24 Aug 2016 11:50 UTC
24 Aug 2016 13:50 Local
Exposed Population:
2741350 people within 100km
Inserted at: 24 Aug 2016 13:48 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0 0
525855 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: 1055 | About casualties: 185 | Last hour: 0

No basta con ser ‘smart’Sun, 28 Aug 2016 11:37:00 +0200.

El cambio climático es una parte esencial de lo ocurrido en la capital francesa. Es un aspecto que sin duda tiene y tendrá mucho que decir en la planificación, desarrollo y gestión de las ciudades, pero la cuestión de las inundaciones de es
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Italian museums to donate today's proceeds to earthquake relief effort ... Sun, 28 Aug 2016 11:32:00 +0200.

Italy's state museums are donating all proceeds they receive today to help the relief effort in areas hit by Wednesday's earthquake. At least 291 people were killed in the 6.2 magnitude quake, while hundreds of others were injured. Italians
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No basta con ser ‘smart’Sun, 28 Aug 2016 11:32:00 +0200.

El cambio climático es una parte esencial de lo ocurrido en la capital francesa. Es un aspecto que sin duda tiene y tendrá mucho que decir en la planificación, desarrollo y gestión de las ciudades, pero la cuestión de las inundaciones de es
...(more)
Proceeds from museums to help Italian earthquake relief effortsSun, 28 Aug 2016 11:28:00 +0200.

Italy's state museums are donating their proceeds today to relief and reconstruction efforts in the area devastated by an earthquake. The 6.2-magnitude quake on Wednesday flattened three medieval towns in central Italy, destroying not only
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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),