M 5.2 in Ecuador on 18 Nov 2017 04:23 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 1126748
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 29.02 Km
Lat/Lon: -2.8863 , -79.6791
Event Date: 18 Nov 2017 04:23 UTC
17 Nov 2017 23:23 Local
Exposed Population: 4930000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 Nov 2017 04:44 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.6 (Peru)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Peru= 4.6; Ecuador= 4.3

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000bqvz Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 587 | About casualties: 12 | Last hour: 0

Abertura da nova novela da Record tem Brasília em chamasWed, 22 Nov 2017 01:34:00 +0100.

A nova novela bíblica da Record Apocalipse , começou nesta segunda-feira cheia de efeitos especiais para mostrar um tsunami. Mas foi a abertura que chamou a atenção do público. O vídeo mostra catástrofes como furacões, apagões e enormes tem
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QUAKING IN OUR BOOTS ‘Big One’ fears grow as experts find proof it has ... Tue, 21 Nov 2017 23:39:00 +0100.

FEARS are growing for the "Big One" as experts claim to have found proof a major earthquake AND a massive Tsunami is due to strike California. Researchers say the Cascadia Subduction Zone generates a major event every 200 to 530 years - and
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Scientists' journey to the centre of seismic concernTue, 21 Nov 2017 22:52:00 +0100.

An expedition of 30 scientists are headed to the North Island to find out more about New Zealand's largest earthquake and tsunami hazard. Scientists will study the Hikurangi subduction zone, which is part of the Pacific "ring of fire" where
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В планетарном масштабе: что оставили после себя сильнейшие землетрясен ... Tue, 21 Nov 2017 22:27:00 +0100.

11 марта 2011 года цунами от землетрясения разрушило десятки тысяч домов и вызвало аварию на АЭС Фукусима. 11 марта 2011 года. Сильнейшее землетрясение за всю историю Японии вызвало мощное цунами. Волны высотой сорок метров достигли берегов
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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),