M 4.6 in Italy on 18 Jan 2017 10:16 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 1103477
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: Km
Lat/Lon: 42.5255 , 13.2572
Event Date: 18 Jan 2017 10:16 UTC
18 Jan 2017 11:16 Local
Exposed Population:
2860000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 Jan 2017 12:03 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.4 (Italy)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007tx5 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 503 | About casualties: 15 | Last hour: 0

No signs of life on fourth day of Italian avalanche rescueSun, 22 Jan 2017 10:07:00 +0100.

Rescuers combing the wreckage of an Italian hotel in a bid to find survivors of a devastating avalanche detected no signs of life overnight, officials said Sunday. As the painstaking rescue operation entered a fourth day, firefighters and m
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Survivors found after Italy avalancheSun, 22 Jan 2017 10:06:00 +0100.

Two days after a hotel in Italy was engulfed by a powerful avalanche, rescue workers have found a group of survivors. Four children and a woman have been pulled clear, and at least a further five have been located.
Schweres Erdbeben vor Papua-NeuguineaSun, 22 Jan 2017 10:06:00 +0100.

Ein schweres Erdbeben der Stärke 7,9 hat die Region um die Inselgruppe der Salomonen und Papua-Neuguinea im Südpazifik erschüttert. Das Pazifische Tsunami-Warnzentrum in Hawaii warnte am Sonntag zunächst vor gefährlichen Wellen bis ein Mete
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Actu Avalanche en Italie: pas de signe de vie dans l'hôtel dévasté, le ... Sun, 22 Jan 2017 10:05:00 +0100.

Aucun signe de vie n'a émané depuis plus de 24 heures des décombres de l'hôtel dévasté par une avalanche dans le centre de l'Italie, mais les dizaines de secouristes mobilisés poursuivaient dimanche leurs recherches dans des conditions extê
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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 (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),