M 4.7 in Italy on 26 Aug 2016 04:28 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 1092638
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 42.6617 , 13.2529
Event Date: 26 Aug 2016 04:28 UTC
26 Aug 2016 06:28 Local
Exposed Population:
2676999 people within 100km
Inserted at: 26 Aug 2016 04:51 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20006u4g 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: 475 | About casualties: 46 | Last hour: 0

إعصار قوي يصل إلى اليابسة في شمال شرقي اليابان - خارجياتTue, 30 Aug 2016 04:20:00 +0200.

ذكرت هيئة الأرصاد الجوية اليابانية أن إعصارا قويا يقترب من شمال شرقي اليابان صباح اليوم الثلاثاء، مصحوبا برياح عاتية وأمطار غزيرة في مناطق واسعة من البلاد. وأضافت الهيئة أن بعض المناطق في الشمال الشرقي يمكن أن تشهد هطولا للأمطار يتجاوز متوس
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Strong typhoon Lionrock aims for Japan’s northeastTue, 30 Aug 2016 04:03:00 +0200.

Waves beat against the seashore in Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture, on August 30, 2016 as Typhoon Lionrock makes its course towards north-eastern Japan. — AFP pic TOKYO, Aug 30 — A strong typhoon was on course today for a direct hit on north-
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Schools and Wooden Houses Priority after Italy’s EarthquakeTue, 30 Aug 2016 03:59:00 +0200.

ROME – The nearly 2,500 people affected by the earthquake that devastated complete towns in central Italy are demanding authorities seek a solution to the looming new school term and ask for prefabricated wooden houses they can live in whil
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Las autoridades sitúan la reapertura de los colegios como prioridad tr ... Tue, 30 Aug 2016 03:44:00 +0200.

"Hay que pensar antes que nada en los colegios. El año escolar comienza dentro de 15 días, si los niños se van a la ciudad a estudiar, también se irán sus padres con ellos y no volverán y así el pueblo desaparecerá", ha afirmado al canal Sk
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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),