M 5 in Peru on 26 Oct 2016 14:08 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 1096503
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 42.5 Km
Lat/Lon: -9.3434 , -75.4232
Event Date: 26 Oct 2016 14:08 UTC
26 Oct 2016 09:08 Local
Exposed Population:
307273 people within 100km
Inserted at: 26 Oct 2016 14:54 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20007guh 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: 342 | About casualties: 10 | Last hour: 0

Terremoto Centro Italia: epicentro NorciaSun, 30 Oct 2016 13:46:00 +0100.

(ap) L'epicentro del nuovo sisma è stato individuato a 5 chilometri da Norcia. In questa galleria i soccorsi e i danni provocati dallo sciame sismico che dalla mattina stanno interessando la zona. In questa galleria le immagini della città
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Terremoto Centro Italia: epicentro NorciaSun, 30 Oct 2016 13:41:00 +0100.

(ap) L'epicentro del nuovo sisma è stato individuato a 5 chilometri da Norcia. In questa galleria i soccorsi e i danni provocati dallo sciame sismico che dalla mattina stanno interessando la zona. In questa galleria le immagini della città
...(more)
L'atome suisse, debout malgré les catastrophesSun, 30 Oct 2016 13:39:00 +0100.

La catastrophe de Tchernobyl en Ukraine et celle, 25 ans plus tard, de Fukushima au Japon ont fait chuter la cote du nucléaire en Suisse. Toutefois, l'atome, même durement atteint, est toujours debout. L'initiative des Verts pourrait lui po
...(more)
L'atome suisse, debout malgré les catastrophesSun, 30 Oct 2016 13:32:00 +0100.

La catastrophe de Tchernobyl en Ukraine et celle, 25 ans plus tard, de Fukushima au Japon ont fait chuter la cote du nucléaire en Suisse. Toutefois, l'atome, même durement atteint, est toujours debout. L'initiative des Verts pourrait lui po
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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),