M 4.6 in Italy on 25 Aug 2016 03:17 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 1092572
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 42.75 , 13.21
Event Date: 25 Aug 2016 03:17 UTC
25 Aug 2016 05:17 Local
Exposed Population:
2652419 people within 100km
Inserted at: 25 Aug 2016 06:51 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0 0
526097 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: 3723 | About casualties: 647 | Last hour: 0

Opinion: Labour 'state of emergency' call insensitive and idioticMon, 29 Aug 2016 02:56:00 +0200.

That's because under the current law there has only ever been one other national state of emergency - for the Christchurch earthquake. Yes, Civil Defence says the only time New Zealand has ever made the official declaration under current le
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Concerns over mafia interference with the rebuilding efforts after ear ... Mon, 29 Aug 2016 02:51:00 +0200.

. Sun, Aug 28: This week’s deadly earthquake in Italy sent countless buildings crumbling to the ground – killing nearly 300 people. Now there’s an investigation into whether building codes were violated. Mike le Couteur reports.
На востоке Индонезии произошло землетрясение магнитудой 5,0Mon, 29 Aug 2016 02:38:00 +0200.

Землетрясение магнитудой 5,0 по шкале Рихтера произошло в ночь на понедельник на востоке Индонезии, предупреждения об угрозе цунами не было, передает РИА Новости. Эпицентр подземного толчка располагался в 33 километрах к северо-западу от це
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Italian officials probing if high earthquake death toll result of buil ... Mon, 29 Aug 2016 02:28:00 +0200.

It wasn't clear if those six were included in the overall 290 death toll given by authorities. The Civil Protection agency, which combines the figures it receives from different provinces affected by the quake, said the number is lower than
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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),