M 4.7 in Panama on 17 Dec 2017 06:35 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 1128907
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 7.3377 , -80.1821
Event Date: 17 Dec 2017 06:35 UTC
17 Dec 2017 01:35 Local
Exposed Population:
200000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 17 Dec 2017 06:52 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4 (Panama)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000c5d4 Scaled population (vector) 5.19  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.87  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 107 | About casualties: 26 | Last hour: 0

Deadly earthquake strikes IndonesiaSun, 17 Dec 2017 08:54:00 +0100.

JAKARTA, Indonesia A strong earthquake shook Indonesia’s densely populated Java island Friday night, killing two people and severely damaging dozens of homes near the epicenter. The 6.5 magnitude quake struck at 11:47 p.m. and was felt acro
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Gubernur Aher Imbau Warganya Tetap Waspada GempaSun, 17 Dec 2017 07:55:00 +0100.

Kabar24.com, JAKARTA - Gubernur Jawa Barat Ahmad Heryawan (Aher) mengimbau masyarakat agar tetap melakukan ativitas normal pascagempa, namun tetap harus waspada menyusul gempa besar yang melanda 15 Desember kemarin. "Pascagempa saat Jumat m
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”Vindarna här får elden att bete sig som en tsunami”Sun, 17 Dec 2017 07:53:00 +0100.

En porslinskanin var det enda som överlevde. När Kate och Jonathan Durré återvände till sitt lilla trähus i Kagel Canyon, en i vanliga fall idyllisk bergsdal norr om Los Angeles, hade hela deras hus brunnit ned. Men på en betongpelare stod
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Toll rises to three dead after Indonesia quake Breaking News December ... Sun, 17 Dec 2017 07:33:00 +0100.

The quake struck at a depth of 91 kilometres (56 miles) just outside the coastal town of Cipatujah on Java island late Friday, the US Geological Survey said. The tremor was felt across the island including in the capital Jakarta, some 300 k
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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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 (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),