M 5.1 in Venezuela on 14 Oct 2017 08:35 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 1123820
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 35.35 Km
Lat/Lon: 7.2753 , -71.9055
Event Date: 14 Oct 2017 08:35 UTC
14 Oct 2017 04:35 Local
Exposed Population:
2220000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 14 Oct 2017 08:56 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.3 (Venezuela)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Venezuela= 4.3; Colombia= 4

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000as2n Scaled population (vector) 5.95  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.9  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 399 | About casualties: 6 | Last hour: 0

US looking to Japan for help in boosting LNG exports to AsiaWed, 18 Oct 2017 08:28:00 +0200.

http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/US-looking-to-Japan-for-help-in-boosting-LNG-12286395.php. US looking to Japan for help in boosting LNG exports to Asia. Elaine Kurtenbach, Ap Business Writer Updated 12:29 am, Wednesday, Octo
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US looking to Japan for help in boosting LNG exports to AsiaWed, 18 Oct 2017 08:20:00 +0200.

TOKYO (AP) — The U.S. is keen to work with Japan in expanding exports of U.S. liquefied natural gas in Asia, and hopes for more Japanese investment in American natural gas infrastructure, a senior Department of Energy official said Wednesda
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US looking to Japan for help in boosting LNG exports to AsiaWed, 18 Oct 2017 08:15:00 +0200.

TOKYO -- (AP) The U.S. is keen to work with Japan in expanding exports of U.S. liquefied natural gas in Asia, and hopes for more Japanese investment in American natural gas infrastructure, a senior Department of Energy official said Wednesd
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US looking to Japan for help in boosting LNG exports to AsiaWed, 18 Oct 2017 08:13:00 +0200.

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer. TOKYO (AP) - The U.S. is keen to work with Japan in expanding exports of U.S. liquefied natural gas in Asia, and hopes for more Japanese investment in American natural gas infrastructure, a senior De
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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), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),