M 6.6 in Peru from 18 Jul 2017 02:05 UTC to 02:05

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1117146
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -16.41 , -73.66
Event Date: 18 Jul 2017 02:05 UTC
17 Jul 2017 21:05 Local
Exposed Population: About 38000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 Jul 2017 02:11 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.6 (Peru)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
GEOFON 0 1 1
gfz2017nxxt Scaled population (vector) 0 Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake 1 Max wave realtime 0.27m  
  C2 earthquake 0      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 1      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 625 | About casualties: 58 | Last hour: 0

Hawaii prepares for 'unlikely' North Korea missile threatSat, 22 Jul 2017 03:25:00 +0200.

Hawaii is the first state to prepare the public for the possibility of a ballistic missile strike from North Korea. The state's Emergency Management Agency on Friday announced a public education campaign about what to do. Hawaii lawmakers h
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Hawaii prepares for 'unlikely' North Korea missile threatSat, 22 Jul 2017 03:22:00 +0200.

Hawaii is the first state to prepare the public for the possibility of a ballistic missile strike from North Korea. The state's Emergency Management Agency on Friday announced a public education campaign about what to do. Hawaii lawmakers h
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Hawaii prepares for 'unlikely' North Korea missile threatSat, 22 Jul 2017 03:19:00 +0200.

Hawaii is the first state to prepare the public for the possibility of a ballistic missile strike from North Korea. The state's Emergency Management Agency on Friday announced a public education campaign about what to do. Hawaii lawmakers h
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Hawaii prepares for 'unlikely' North Korea missile threatSat, 22 Jul 2017 03:15:00 +0200.

Hawaii is the first state to prepare the public for the possibility of a ballistic missile strike from North Korea. The state's Emergency Management Agency on Friday announced a public education campaign about what to do. Hawaii lawmakers h
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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 (88), (5), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (2), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),