M 6.4 in Peru on 18 Jul 2017 02:05 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 1117146
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.4M
Depth: 44.05 Km
Lat/Lon: -16.4015 , -73.6031
Event Date: 18 Jul 2017 02:05 UTC
17 Jul 2017 21:05 Local
Exposed Population: About 4000 people in MMI
About 47000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 Jul 2017 02:23 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.6 (Peru)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20009x7r Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),