M 4.9 in India on 18 Jan 2017 15:42 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 1103535
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: Km
Lat/Lon: 12.2295 , 94.9875
Event Date: 18 Jan 2017 15:42 UTC
18 Jan 2017 21:42 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 19 Jan 2017 00:42 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (India)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007tz3 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 989 | About casualties: 22 | Last hour: 0

Erdbeben: Erdbeben erschüttert Salomonen-Inseln und Papua-NeuguineaSun, 22 Jan 2017 15:29:00 +0100.

Das Pazifische Tsunami-Warnzentrum (PTWC) auf Hawaii gab zunächst eine Tsunami-Warnung heraus: Gefährliche Wellen bis zu einem Meter über dem Wasserstand vor den Küsten der Salomonen-Inseln, Papua-Neuguinea, Nauru und Indonesien seien mögli
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Un fuerte seísmo sacude la costa de Papúa Nueva GuineaSun, 22 Jan 2017 15:27:00 +0100.

Por Harry Pearl. SÍDNEY (Reuters) - Un seísmo de 7,9 de magnitud se registró el domingo en el mar cercano a Papúa Nueva Guinea, pero no se habían registrado víctimas fatales ni daños ni se materializó la amenaza de un posible tsunami. El Se
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Powerful earthquake strikes deep under Papua New GuineaSun, 22 Jan 2017 15:21:00 +0100.

CANBERRA, Australia - A powerful magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck deep under Papua New Guinea on Sunday, causing damage and blackouts but no tsunami hours after the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued an alert for nearby islands. The mid-a
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Terremoto, la Commissione Grandi rischi: "Possibili altre scosse fino ... Sun, 22 Jan 2017 15:21:00 +0100.

ROMA. "Non ci sono evidenze che la sequenza sismica sia in esaurimento". Le faglie attive dal 24 agosto 2016 - data della disastrosa scossa di Amatrice - "hanno il potenziale di produrre terremoti di elevata magnitudo (6-7)". Non solo, in A
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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 (4), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),