M 4.9 Off-shore on 24 Nov 2016 10:37 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 1099200
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 31.5236 , -40.9692
Event Date: 24 Nov 2016 10:37 UTC
24 Nov 2016 07:37 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 24 Nov 2016 11:45 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007c2d 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: 367 | About casualties: 8 | Last hour: 0

Earthquake hits Nepal, tremors felt in IndiaMon, 28 Nov 2016 08:48:00 +0100.

The tremors reminded people of 2015 quake of 7.8 magnitude. People rushed out from their houses and buildings. An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 on Richer scale shook Nepal around 5.20 a.m. on Monday, an official of National Siesmological Cen
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Wee-hour aftershock damages Kaski houseMon, 28 Nov 2016 08:46:00 +0100.

File – A Spectacular view of the Begnas Lake in the Lekhanath Municipality as seen from nearby Magar Danda in Kaski district, on Friday, July 1, 2016. KATHMANDU: The wee-hour aftershock of Gorkha earthquake on Monday damaged a house in Lek
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Estimated clean-up cost for Fukushima nuclear disaster is nearly doubl ... Mon, 28 Nov 2016 08:44:00 +0100.

. Japan’s industry ministry now expects the combined cost of dealing with the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear disaster to total more than 20 trillion yen (US$178.8 billion), nearly double the previous estimate, sources familiar with the
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Nepal: 5.6 magnitude earthquake strikes region near EverestMon, 28 Nov 2016 08:42:00 +0100.

An earthquake measuring 5.6 magnitude on the Richter Scale struck Nepal on Monday morning. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km, according to the National Centre for Seismology, a unit of ministry of earth sciences in the country. Re
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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), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),