M 6.3 in Argentina on 18 Feb 2017 12:10 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 1105870
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.3M
Depth: 200.59 Km
Lat/Lon: -23.92 , -66.6885
Event Date: 18 Feb 2017 12:10 UTC
18 Feb 2017 09:10 Local
Exposed Population: About 18000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 Feb 2017 12:30 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.7 (Argentina)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Argentina= 3.7; Chile= 3

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC n.a n.a
us20008kn8 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 412 | About casualties: 16 | Last hour: 0

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NRA finds two Kansai Electric reactors at Oi plant meet safety standar ... Wed, 22 Feb 2017 10:09:00 +0100.

Japan’s nuclear authority on Wednesday effectively determined that two units at Kansai Electric Power Co.’s Oi plant on the Sea of Japan coast have met the country’s safety standards, paving the way for the return of more reactors. That bri
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Agricultores cruceños temen perder inversiones y cultivosWed, 22 Feb 2017 09:50:00 +0100.

La invasión de la plaga de langostas en el municipio de Cabezas y en otras comunas en el departamento de Santa Cruz provoca la desesperación en los productores y sus familias. Varios testimonios dieron cuenta de la grave situación que enfre
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Bishop of Parramatta Vincent Long Van Nguyen tells royal commission he ... Wed, 22 Feb 2017 05:22:00 +0100.

The Bishop of Parramatta, Vincent Long Van Nguyen, has told a royal commission he suffered sexual abuse by a member of the clergy after arriving in Australia as a refugee from Vietnam in 1981. Bishop Long told the Royal Commission into Inst
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),