M 4.6 in Nicaragua on 28 Apr 2017 07:53 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 1111457
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 176.38 Km
Lat/Lon: 11.6258 , -85.9694
Event Date: 28 Apr 2017 07:53 UTC
28 Apr 2017 01:53 Local
Exposed Population:
2500000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 28 Apr 2017 08:12 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
5.3 (Nicaragua)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Nicaragua= 5.3; Costa Rica= 2.7

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -1 -1
us10008lix Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 603 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

ضابط روسي متقاعد: زرعنا صزاريخ نووية قبالة السواحل الشرقية لامريكا تتس ... Tue, 02 May 2017 07:23:00 +0200.

زعم ضابط كبير متقاعد بالجيش الروسي أن بلاده زرعت صواريخ نووية في عمق المحيط الأطلسي قبالة السواحل الشرقية للولايات المتحدة، لتحدث في حال تفجيرها موجات مد عاتية (تسونامي) لإغراق مدن أميركية كبرى، حسبما أوردت صحيفة ذا تليغراف البريطانية. وقال
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[VIDEO] Estados de alerta ante tsunamiTue, 02 May 2017 06:43:00 +0200.

. ¿Están preparados los habitantes de la Quinta región para enfrentar un tsunami? Marcelo Lagos nos explica en T13.
[VIDEO] Terremoto ¿Está preparada la Quinta región?Tue, 02 May 2017 06:43:00 +0200.

Los últimos temblores, cuyos epicentros se ubicaron en la costa de la quinta región, han vuelto a reflotar el fantasma de un tsunami. Marcelo Lagos viajó a esa zona del país con el equipo de Reportajes de Teletrece, y nos muestra que tan pr
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Yukon, B.C. hit by dozens of aftershocks after magnitude-6.2 quakeTue, 02 May 2017 05:39:00 +0200.

The tremors cut power and closed schools in Whitehorse, but officials said there was no major damage. Natural Resources Canada reported that the first quake with a magnitude of 6.2 hit at 5:31 a.m. Pacific time. It was centred in a remote 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), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),