M 4.7 in Ecuador on 26 Aug 2016 04:25 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 1092639
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -0.9801 , -80.3364
Event Date: 26 Aug 2016 04:25 UTC
25 Aug 2016 23:25 Local
Exposed Population:
1985832 people within 100km
Inserted at: 26 Aug 2016 04:42 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20006u4h 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: 541 | About casualties: 51 | Last hour: 0

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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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Tsunami scenario puts emergency response plans to the testTue, 30 Aug 2016 02:52:00 +0200.

New Zealand has a long coastline and many of us live near the sea or have friends and family in coastal settlements, or we spend time at the seaside and out on the water. But if the ocean turns on us, are we prepared? A Civil Defence exerci
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Faut-il avoir peur des zones sismiques?Tue, 30 Aug 2016 02:28:00 +0200.

Les pays les plus à risque pour des voyageurs ne sont pas forcément ceux où la terre tremble le plus, mais ceux où les autorités n’ont pas adopté de modèles de construction parasismiques. 29 Août. 2016 Des pompiers patrouillent la ville d’
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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 (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),