M 5.4 in Argentina on 12 Dec 2016 02:56 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 1100659
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.4M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -30.9798 , -68.0651
Event Date: 12 Dec 2016 02:56 UTC
11 Dec 2016 23:56 Local
Exposed Population:
627179 people within 100km
Inserted at: 12 Dec 2016 03:19 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000803e 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 595 | About casualties: 9 | Last hour: 0

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A wildfire has affected more than 40,000 hectares in the south of Bahia Blanca: More than 40,000 hectares of mountains and grasslands were affected by a wildfire of unknown cause close to Algarrobo, south of Bahia Blanca city. The director
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Aussie earthquakes, tsunamis could follow rip in ocean floorThu, 15 Dec 2016 22:52:00 +0100.

A TEAR in the sea floor seven kilometres deep just north of Australia could cause disastrous earthquakes and tsunamis. The tear in the Earth's crust is located in the Banda Sea and measures about 60,000sq km - roughly the size of Tasmania.
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Huge hole in the ocean floor near Australia could cause catastrophic e ... Thu, 15 Dec 2016 20:48:00 +0100.

A tear in the sea floor 7km deep just north of Australia could cause disastrous earthquakes and tsunamis. The tear in the Earth's crust is in the Banda Sea, near Indonesia, and measures about 60,000sq km - roughly the size of Tasmania. Geol
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Terremoto: ad oggi raccolti oltre 6 milioni a favore delle popolazioni ... Thu, 15 Dec 2016 19:56:00 +0100.

(Di giovedì 15 dicembre 2016) È di oltre 6 milioni di euro la cifra raccolta dal conto corrente bancario intestato al Dipartimento della Protezione Civile sul quale è possibile donare, tramite bonifici, in favore delle popolazioni del centr
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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),