M 4.6 in Italy on 27 Oct 2016 17:22 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 1096638
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 42.8082 , 13.1079
Event Date: 27 Oct 2016 17:22 UTC
27 Oct 2016 19:22 Local
Exposed Population:
2783629 people within 100km
Inserted at: 27 Oct 2016 17:45 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us100072fm 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: 508 | About casualties: 13 | Last hour: 0

Quince mil personas, asistidas tras terremoto en ItaliaMon, 31 Oct 2016 16:54:00 +0100.

La Protección Civil italiana informó hoy de que ha asistido a más de quince mil personas para su alojamiento en diversas instalaciones tras el fuerte terremoto del domingo en el centro del país. Quinientas de ellas han sido acogidas en infr
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Italia: los videos del momento exacto del terremoto de 6,5 gradosMon, 31 Oct 2016 16:53:00 +0100.

Decenas de miles de personas evacuadas pasaron la próxima noche en instalaciones especialmente preparadas tras el fuerte terremoto , de magnitud 6,5 en la escala Richter, que este domingo volvió a sacudir el centro de Italia. Cerca de 4.00
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Italy devastated by earthquakesMon, 31 Oct 2016 16:41:00 +0100.

More than 15,000 people are being housed in temporary shelters after a powerful earthquake on Sunday jolted central Italy, a region battered by repeated tremors since August. More than 15,000 people are being housed in temporary shelters a
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L'Italie promet de reloger tous les sinistrés des séismesMon, 31 Oct 2016 16:37:00 +0100.

La secousse de magnitude 6,6 qui a frappé dimanche matin, la plus puissante à survenir en Italie en près de 40 ans, a gonflé le nombre de sinistrés à environ 15 000. Ce séisme n'a toutefois pas fait de victimes, puisque les résidants avaien
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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 (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),