M 4.8 in Argentina on 21 Jan 2017 09:30 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 1103726
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: Km
Lat/Lon: -33.8129 , -68.6287
Event Date: 21 Jan 2017 09:30 UTC
21 Jan 2017 06:30 Local
Exposed Population:
840000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Jan 2017 09:51 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.7 (Argentina)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
us10007uln Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

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Japan sees 1st trade surplus on cheaper oil, China reboundWed, 25 Jan 2017 09:14:00 +0100.

TOKYO (AP) - Japan posted its first trade surplus in six years in 2016 thanks to a rebound in exports late in the year and persisting low oil prices, though uncertainties over U.S. policy and global growth are overshadowing the recovery. Th
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Japan sees 1st trade surplus on cheaper oil, China reboundWed, 25 Jan 2017 09:13:00 +0100.

But December's data showed a strong rebound in exports to China and some other Asian countries, suggestion a recent uptick in growth in Asia's biggest economy is filtering through supply chains across the region. In the full year, Japan's
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Japan sees 1st trade surplus on cheaper oil, China reboundWed, 25 Jan 2017 09:03:00 +0100.

Muscatine, IA (52761) Today. Mainly cloudy with a mixture of rain and snow showers developing in the afternoon. Temps nearly steady in the mid to upper 30s. Winds W at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of precip 70%.. Tonight. Mainly cloudy with snow sh
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Japan sees 1st trade surplus on cheaper oil, China reboundWed, 25 Jan 2017 08:52:00 +0100.

TOKYO (AP) — Japan posted its first trade surplus in six years in 2016 thanks to a rebound in exports late in the year and persisting low oil prices, though uncertainties over U.S. policy and global growth are overshadowing the recovery. Th
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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),