M 4.5 in Venezuela on 26 Oct 2016 23:31 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 1096550
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 9.2275 , -69.9023
Event Date: 26 Oct 2016 23:31 UTC
26 Oct 2016 19:31 Local
Exposed Population:
2340902 people within 100km
Inserted at: 26 Oct 2016 23:51 UTC

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000727g 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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 624 | About casualties: 25 | Last hour: 0

محافظ البحر الأحمر: رأس غارب تعرضت لـ"تسونامي"Sun, 30 Oct 2016 22:52:00 +0100.

قال اللواء أحمد عبد الله، محافظ البحر الأحمر، إن المحافظة تلقت تحذير من هيئة الأرصاد الجوية، يوم الثلاثاء الماضي، بالإضافة إلى أنه تم عقد اجتماعات، واستعراض الخرائط لمواجهة السيول. وأضاف "عبد الله"، خلال حوار مع الإعلامي "شريف عامر"، عبر ب
...(more)
Un fuerte terremoto sacudió al centro de Italia otra vezSun, 30 Oct 2016 22:47:00 +0100.

(30 de octubre de 2016. El Venezolano).- Un nuevo terremoto de 6,5 grados sacudió otra vez el centro de Italia aunque no se habían reportado víctimas fatales pero sí decenas de heridos y numerosos daños materiales según las primeras evaluac
...(more)
Gli animali sono in grado di prevedere i terremotiSun, 30 Oct 2016 22:20:00 +0100.

(Di domenica 30 ottobre 2016) Gli animali pos sono presagire l’arrivo di un terremoto? E’ noto fin dall’antichità che molti animali sono in grado di prevedere l’arrivo di un terremoto assumendo comportamenti anomali di vario genere. Quando
...(more)
Não confunda swell, ressaca e meteotsunamiSun, 30 Oct 2016 22:11:00 +0100.

O litoral de São Paulo teve grandes ondas e mar muito agitado no último fim de semana de outubro de 2016. A forte agitação marítima chegou ao litoral da Região Sul duas semanas após a ocorrência de um tsunami meteorológico, em 15 de outubro
...(more)

View more news

Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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),