M 4.8 in Oman on 27 Apr 2017 21:27 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 1111423
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 22.7097 , 60.8252
Event Date: 27 Apr 2017 21:27 UTC
28 Apr 2017 01:27 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 27 Apr 2017 21:54 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Oman)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10008lf3 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: 563 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

Centre allows beacon use for emergenciesMon, 01 May 2017 21:09:00 +0200.

The Centre on Monday issued a notification allowing officials on emergency and disaster management-related duties to use beacons on top of their vehicles. The notification allows use of multi-coloured — red, blue and white light — beacons o
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Ученые узнали, почему в действительности появляются цунамиMon, 01 May 2017 21:05:00 +0200.

Ученым удалось выяснить, как создаются самые большие цунами на Земле. Суть данного процесса заключается в скольжении одной тектонической пластины по другой. Однако согласно новым исследованиям Тони Сонга, океанографа космического агентства
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Настоящую причину появления цунами назвали ученыеMon, 01 May 2017 21:00:00 +0200.

Ученые узнали настоящие причины природы цунами. Суть данного процесса заключается в скольжении одной тектонической пластины по другой. До этого ученые считали, что энергия массивного поднятия морского дна, вызванная субдукцией — когда одна
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Yukon, B.C. hit by aftershocks after magnitude-6.2 quakeMon, 01 May 2017 20:56:00 +0200.

Natural Resources Canada reported the first quake with a magnitude of 6.2 hit at 5:31 a.m. Pacific time. It was centred in a remote area 77 kilometres northwest of Skagway, Alaska, and 127 kilometres southwest of Whitehorse. The U.S. Geolog
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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),