M 4.6 in Italy on 28 Aug 2016 15:55 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 1092815
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 5.67 Km
Lat/Lon: 42.7872 , 13.1519
Event Date: 28 Aug 2016 15:55 UTC
28 Aug 2016 17:55 Local
Exposed Population:
2753889 people within 100km
Inserted at: 28 Aug 2016 17:24 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20006utk 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: 1813 | About casualties: 171 | Last hour: 0

Georgia offers help to Italy amid deadly earthquakeThu, 01 Sep 2016 15:37:00 +0200.

Georgia is ready to provide support for Italy as the country has experienced a deadly earthquake, leaving at least 37 dead and many others injured or trapped under rubble. Many of the dead were in the village of Pescara del Tronto in centra
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Ultimo adiós a Ana HueteThu, 01 Sep 2016 15:32:00 +0200.

Familiares y amigos han dado este jueves el último adiós a Ana Huete, la joven de 27 años que falleció en el devastador terremoto de la pasada semana en Italia, en el transcurso de un emotivo y multitudinario funeral oficiado por el arzobis
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Facebook to let users prompt Safety Check alert themselvesThu, 01 Sep 2016 14:57:00 +0200.

When we hear of an event leading to the loss of human life, our first instinct is to check if anyone we know is affected. Be it a terrorist attack or a natural disaster we are all concerned with the safety of our loved ones and we want to k
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Funeral multitudinario en Alfacar por la única víctima española en el ... Thu, 01 Sep 2016 14:57:00 +0200.

ALFACAR (GRANADA), 1 Sep. (EUROPA PRESS) - Familiares y amigos han dado este jueves el último adiós a Ana Huete, la joven de 27 años que falleció en el devastador terremoto de la pasada semana en Italia, en el transcurso de un emotivo y mul
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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),