M 4.7 in Norway on 09 Oct 2016 12:48 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 1095494
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 2 Km
Lat/Lon: 62.41 , 2.25
Event Date: 09 Oct 2016 12:48 UTC
09 Oct 2016 12:48 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 09 Oct 2016 21:21 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0 0
536076 Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 376 | About casualties: 16 | Last hour: 0

Haití es el país con más muertos por catástrofes naturales, según la O ... Thu, 13 Oct 2016 12:45:00 +0200.

Duele Haití. Haití, arrasado por un terrible sismo en 2010, tres años de sequía causados por El Niño antes de ser golpeado el pasado 4 de octubre por el huracán Matthew, es el país con mayor número de decesos (229.699) originados por catás
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La ONU alerta de que los desastres naturales son ahora más intensos y ... Thu, 13 Oct 2016 12:19:00 +0200.

Las últimas cifras provisionales divulgadas ayer en Haití por Protección Civil indican que Matthew causó 473 muertos y 75 desaparecidos, dejó 339 heridos y obligó el desplazamiento de 175.000 personas. El huracán Matthew es una confirmación
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Séismes, sécheresse et ouragan Catastrophes naturelles : Haïti en tête ... Thu, 13 Oct 2016 11:34:00 +0200.

Haïti, ravagé par un terrible séisme en 2010, trois ans de sécheresse causée par El Nino avant d'être frappé le 4 octobre par l'ouragan Matthew, est le pays qui a enregistré ces 20 dernières années le plus de décès (229 699) liés aux catast
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FACTBOX: Poor, unprotected nations suffer most disaster ...Thu, 13 Oct 2016 11:29:00 +0200.

Of the 1.35 million people killed by natural hazards from 1996 to 2015, 90 percent died in low and middle-income countries. BARCELONA, Oct 13 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Deaths caused by disasters are far higher in poorer countries than
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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),