M 4.6 in Colombia on 16 Dec 2016 19:45 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 1101049
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 59.74 Km
Lat/Lon: 3.3936 , -74.2972
Event Date: 16 Dec 2016 19:45 UTC
16 Dec 2016 14:45 Local
Exposed Population:
506348 people within 100km
Inserted at: 16 Dec 2016 20:19 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us200081nl 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: 339 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 0

Ecuador quake, aftershocks leave two dead, serious damageTue, 20 Dec 2016 11:10:00 +0100.

By AFP 14 hours ago in Environment A 5.8-magnitude earthquake followed by more than 20 aftershocks rattled Ecuador's Pacific coast before dawn Monday, causing two deaths and heavy damage to hotels and homes in resort towns, officials said.
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Sismo magnitud 6,7 se registra frente a las costas de las Islas Salomó ... Tue, 20 Dec 2016 10:20:00 +0100.

SÍDNEY (Reuters) - Un terremoto magnitud 6,7 se registró el martes frente a las costas de las Islas Salomón, reportó el Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS, por su sigla en inglés), el segundo sismo poderoso que sacude a las islas ub
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Magnitude 6.7 earthquake strikes off Solomon IslandsTue, 20 Dec 2016 10:19:00 +0100.

The Solomon Islands was rattled by a strong 6.7-magnitude earthquake on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued and no immediate damage reported. The quake struck 164km from the capital Honiara at a depth o
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Attentato a Berlino, Facebook attiva il Safety CheckTue, 20 Dec 2016 10:08:00 +0100.

dove un camion è piombato sulla folla nei pressi di un mercatino di Natale Facebook ha attivato il Safety Check , strumento che permette a chi si trova nei pressi di un attentato o catastrofi naturali di far sapere ai propri contatti di s
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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),