M 4.5 in Peru on 27 Oct 2016 00:31 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 1096556
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 57.27 Km
Lat/Lon: -12.8141 , -76.6573
Event Date: 27 Oct 2016 00:31 UTC
26 Oct 2016 19:31 Local
Exposed Population:
7049825 people within 100km
Inserted at: 27 Oct 2016 00:48 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007283 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: 362 | About casualties: 11 | Last hour: 0

Ishinomaki assembly votes to seek appeal of ruling over school’s child ... Mon, 31 Oct 2016 00:02:00 +0100.

ISHINOMAKI, MIYAGI PREF. – The Ishinomaki Municipal Assembly in Miyagi Prefecture on Sunday voted to appeal a court ruling that held a local public elementary school liable for the deaths of children killed in the March 2011 tsunami. The as
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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
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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
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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
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
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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),