M 4.6 in Costa Rica on 24 Dec 2016 19:12 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 1101713
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: Km
Lat/Lon: 10.4626 , -86.2114
Event Date: 24 Dec 2016 19:12 UTC
24 Dec 2016 13:12 Local
Exposed Population:
247201 people within 100km
Inserted at: 24 Dec 2016 22:16 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007mja 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: 3098 | About casualties: 153 | Last hour: 0

Východ Japonska postihlo zemetrasenie. Vlny cunami nehroziaWed, 28 Dec 2016 18:50:00 +0100.

dnes 18:30; Východ Japonska postihlo zemetrasenie. Vlny cunami nehrozia TOKIO - Zemetrasenie s magnitúdou 6,3 zasiahlo v stredu večer miestneho času východné Japonsko. Informoval o tom japonský meteorologický úrad. Východ Japonska zasiahlo
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Un intenso sismo de 6,3 grados sacude el centro y el nordeste de JapónWed, 28 Dec 2016 18:44:00 +0100.

Un terremoto de magnitud 6,3 en la escala abierta de Ritcher sacudió hoy el centro y el nordeste de la isla japonesa de Honshu, la principal del archipiélago, sin que se emitiera alerta de tsunami o se informara de daños importantes. El se
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Intenso sismo de 6,3° sacude el centro y nordeste de JapónWed, 28 Dec 2016 18:41:00 +0100.

El temblor alcanzó en Ibaraki el nivel 6 inferior en la escala sísmica nipona cerrada de 7 grados, in que se emitiera alerta de tsunami o se informara de daños importantes. Miércoles 28 de diciembre de 2016 11:45 AM Tokio / EFE. Un terremo
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Un séisme de magnitude 7,6 secoue le ChiliWed, 28 Dec 2016 18:20:00 +0100.

La secousse - initialement évaluée à 7,7 par l'institut d'études géologiques américain USGS - a été ressentie à 11 h 22 (9 h 22, heure de Montréal), à 67 kilomètres au nord-ouest de la ville de Melinka sur l'île de Chiloé, à quelque 1.000 k
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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),