M 4.8 in Peru on 01 Sep 2016 08:04 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 1093043
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 62.53 Km
Lat/Lon: -16.4773 , -72.3727
Event Date: 01 Sep 2016 08:04 UTC
01 Sep 2016 03:04 Local
Exposed Population:
1047013 people within 100km
Inserted at: 01 Sep 2016 08:21 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006j90 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: 1338 | About casualties: 79 | Last hour: 0

زلزال قوته 6.1 درجة يقع جنوب الفلبين قالت هيئة المسح الجيولوجي الأميرك ... Mon, 05 Sep 2016 04:52:00 +0200.

قالت هيئة المسح الجيولوجي الأميركية إن زلزالا قوته 6.1 درجة هز جزيرة مينداناو بجنوب الفلبين اليوم الأحد. وأضافت إن الزلزال وقع على عمق عشرة كيلومترات وعلى بعد 12 كيلوترا شمال غربي بلدة هيناتوان. ولم ترد تقارير فورية عن وقوع أي ضحايا أو أضرا
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Earthquake of 6.1 magnitude strikes southern Philippines - USGSMon, 05 Sep 2016 04:48:00 +0200.

MANILA, Sept 4 (Reuters) - An earthquake of 6.1 magnitude struck the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake struck at a shallow depth of 10 km (6 miles), 12 km northwest of the to
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Thiruvananthapuram Battling nature's vagariesMon, 05 Sep 2016 00:59:00 +0200.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Ever wondered what will ensue if a giant tsunami strikes the Kerala coast? The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami which devastated Asian coastlines leaving thousands dead makes such a question valid. And, in the event of a tsunam
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Strong 5.1 shake rattles Te AraroaSun, 04 Sep 2016 23:31:00 +0200.

A 5.1 magnitude shake has rattled Te Araroa on Monday morning, as aftershocks continue following a 7.1 quake in the area on September 2. Geonet reported the 5.1 aftershock at 8am as "strong", registering at a depth of 17km, 55km off the coa
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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), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),