M 5.1 in Peru on 15 Dec 2017 14:14 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 1128755
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 96.63 Km
Lat/Lon: -18.0379 , -70.161
Event Date: 15 Dec 2017 14:14 UTC
15 Dec 2017 09:14 Local
Exposed Population:
530000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 Dec 2017 14:30 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
5.4 (Bolivia)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Bolivia= 5.4; Peru= 4.6; Chile= 3

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000c4ue Scaled population (vector) 6.45  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.04  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 463 | About casualties: 88 | Last hour: 0

Indonesia Deadly earthquake strikes Indonesian island of JavaFri, 15 Dec 2017 22:57:00 +0100.

Reports of casualties and collapsed buildings after quake hits Jakarta and other cities on country’s most populous island. Patients are evacuated from a hospital in Banyumas, central Java, following the earthquake. Photograph: Agus Fitrah/
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Erdbeben der Stärke 6,5 erschüttert indonesische Insel JavaFri, 15 Dec 2017 22:57:00 +0100.

Indonesiens Hauptinsel Java ist am Freitagabend von Erdbeben der Stärke 6,5 erschüttert worden. Das Zentrum des Beben lag nahe der Küstenstadt Cipatujah, wie die US-Erdbebenwarte USGS mitteilte. Indonesiens Hauptinsel Java ist am Freitagab
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Forte terremoto atinge ilha indonésia de Java e deixa ao menos um mort ... Fri, 15 Dec 2017 22:53:00 +0100.

JACARTA (Reuters) - Um terremoto de magnitude 6,5 atingiu a ilha de Java, na Indonésia, informou nesta sexta-feira o Serviço Geológico dos Estados Unidos (USGS), com autoridades relatando ao menos uma morte e danos a edifícios. O USGS infor
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В Индонезии произошло мощное землетрясение, существует угроза цунамиFri, 15 Dec 2017 22:44:00 +0100.

Власти распространили предупреждение о возможности возникновения цунами В ночь на субботу, 16 декабря, в Индонезии у западного побережья острова Ява произошло землетрясение магнитудой 6,5, сообщают индонезийские СМИ. При этом различные ист
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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),