M 4.9 in Türkiye on 21 Apr 2017 14:12 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 1110811
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.6627 , 27.663
Event Date: 21 Apr 2017 14:12 UTC
21 Apr 2017 17:12 Local
Exposed Population:
5660000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Apr 2017 15:15 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.2 (Türkiye)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Türkiye= 3.2; Greece= 2.5

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.2 0.2
us10008jiy Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 544 | About casualties: 7 | Last hour: 0

Chile: fuerte sismo de magnitud 6,9 se registra en el mar frente a Val ... Tue, 25 Apr 2017 13:38:00 +0200.

AFP Personas evacuando edificios en Viña del Mar, ciudad ubicada a unos siete kilómetros de Valparaíso. Un fuerte sismo de magnitud 6,9 en la escala de Richter se sintió este lunes en la costa central de Chile a las 18:38 hora local (21:38
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El SHOA descarta posibilidades de tsunami en las costas de ChileTue, 25 Apr 2017 13:35:00 +0200.

De acuerdo al Servicio Hidrográfico y Oceanográfico de la Armada, el temblor de 6,7 grados Richter no reúne características para generar un tsunami en las costas del país. A las 18:38 minutos un fuerte sismo sacudió a la zona central del pa
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Un terremoto de escala 6,9 sacude el centro de ChileTue, 25 Apr 2017 13:29:00 +0200.

Un fuerte terremoto sacude Chile. El seísmo se encuentra en la magnitud 6,9 en la escala abierta de Richter y ha afectado a la zona central del país. El Servicio Hidrográfico y Oceanográfico de la Armada ha ratificado que no hay peligro de
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Cutremure produse în Chile între anii 2012-2017 (cronologie)Tue, 25 Apr 2017 13:13:00 +0200.

Cel mai puternic seism produs în ultimii șapte ani în această !#x21b;ară a avut loc la 27 februarie 2010. Cu o magnitudine de 8,8 grade pe scara Richter, aceasta a fost urmat de un tsunami, înregistrându-se 650 de mor!#x21b;i, 500.000 de si
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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), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),