M 4.6 in Ecuador on 15 Jan 2017 09:44 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 1103273
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: Km
Lat/Lon: -0.1602 , -80.6517
Event Date: 15 Jan 2017 09:44 UTC
15 Jan 2017 04:44 Local
Exposed Population:
800000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 Jan 2017 10:03 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.3 (Ecuador)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007tdb Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 389 | About casualties: 36 | Last hour: 0

Fullsatt på kickoff för TeslaprojektetThu, 19 Jan 2017 09:27:00 +0100.

En tsunami är på väg. Transporter elektrifieras. Lagring av energi utvecklas. Vasa ska vara med på vågen, sade Tomas Häyry när Vasa "kickade off" sitt Teslaprojekt. Det är mer än fullsatt i Domus Bothnica vid Vasa universitet när Vasa har
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DP World joins UN-led humanitarian effortsThu, 19 Jan 2017 08:20:00 +0100.

Dubai-based global marine terminal operator DP World will provide pro bono expertise and resources to help the humanitarian community respond to major disasters after joining leading logistics and transport companies to become part of the L
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Hyogo universities aim to develop disaster experts with new programsThu, 19 Jan 2017 07:51:00 +0100.

KOBE – Universities in Hyogo Prefecture, which was hit by a devastating earthquake 22 years ago, are launching new programs to develop experts capable of leading efforts to respond to natural disasters. Drawing on experiences from the 1995
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El peligroso tsunami de la rebeliónThu, 19 Jan 2017 05:25:00 +0100.

¡El pueblo tiene hambre! Recibe el pago de 50 % de aumento, y enseguida la inflación sube, sube. “En un dos por tres” el dinero se vuelve “sal y agua”. En pocos días de haber recibido la paga, ya no hay para echarle a las ollas. ¡No hay qué
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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.
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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),