M 4.6 in Russian Federation on 28 Aug 2016 19:11 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 1092821
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 127.38 Km
Lat/Lon: 47.8244 , 153.0168
Event Date: 28 Aug 2016 19:11 UTC
29 Aug 2016 06:11 Local
Exposed Population:
About 141 people within 100km
Inserted at: 28 Aug 2016 19:36 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC n.a n.a
us20006uuz 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: 1000 | About casualties: 61 | Last hour: 0

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Quake: Elite Mexican rescue team 'Topos Azteca' on handThu, 01 Sep 2016 17:44:00 +0200.

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Le typhon Lionrock fait au moins 11 morts au JaponThu, 01 Sep 2016 17:20:00 +0200.

Neuf corps ont été découverts à l'intérieur d'une résidence pour personnes âgées de la localité d'Iwaizumi assaillie par les eaux au passage du typhon, a précisé la police mercredi 31 août. Les télévisions ont montré des images aériennes du
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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 (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),