M 4.6 in Argentina on 27 Oct 2016 15:50 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 1096639
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 25.26 Km
Lat/Lon: -30.0602 , -66.5512
Event Date: 27 Oct 2016 15:50 UTC
27 Oct 2016 12:50 Local
Exposed Population:
217975 people within 100km
Inserted at: 27 Oct 2016 19:03 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us100072dj 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: 461 | About casualties: 12 | Last hour: 0

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¿Por qué Italia es tan propensa a sufrir terremotos?Mon, 31 Oct 2016 14:41:00 +0100.

El último terremoto en Italia provocó derrumbes en el país, pero ningún muerto. La región central de , cerca de la ciudad de Norcia, se vio sacudida este domingo por un fuerte terremoto, después de varios temblores la semana pasada. Los he
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Terremoto: rischio attacchi di panico, ecco cosa fare per evitarliMon, 31 Oct 2016 13:59:00 +0100.

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My grandmother was murdered in Kafr Qasim, now these are my demandsMon, 31 Oct 2016 13:35:00 +0100.

AJew/Gustav claims “Ben does not criticise Palestinian Arabs even selectively. Ever! If one would read Ben’s long tiresome posts which he endlessly posts, he has no criticism of the behavior of Palestinian Arabs. All his criticisms are agai
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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),