M 4.6 in Ecuador on 17 Dec 2017 09:16 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 1128916
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 54.15 Km
Lat/Lon: 0.5851 , -80.0762
Event Date: 17 Dec 2017 09:16 UTC
17 Dec 2017 04:16 Local
Exposed Population:
570000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 17 Dec 2017 09:34 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.3 (Ecuador)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000c5dx Scaled population (vector) 5.68  
  C1 earthquake 2.46  
  C2 earthquake -2.57  
  Country Vulnerability -0.1  
  INFORM_normalised 0.9  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 305 | About casualties: 65 | Last hour: 0

CNMI HELPS RAISE $50,000 FOR JAPAN’S DISASTERSun, 17 Dec 2017 14:14:00 +0100.

VICTIMS Japan is the primary tourism market in CNMI. By Emmanuel T. Erediano SAIPAN, CNMI (Marianas Variety, May 2, 2011) – The downturn in the Japanese economy caused by the earthquake and tsunami that hit it last month will continue to af
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Soal Lokasi NYIA Rawan Tsunami, BMKG: Harus Ada Tempat EvakuasiSun, 17 Dec 2017 13:15:00 +0100.

Sleman - Lokasi pembangunan New Yogyakarta International Airport (NYIA) di Kulon Progo tak lepas dari potensi tsunami. Kepala BMKG Dwikorita Karnawati menyampaikan beberapa sarannya terkait hal itu. "Kalau ada bangunan di tepi pantai yang m
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Fuerte sismo deja dos muertosSun, 17 Dec 2017 12:25:00 +0100.

Al menos dos muertos y numerosos edificios dañados dejó un fuerte terremoto en la isla indonesia de Java, mientras la alerta de tsunami se levantó tres horas después de registrado el movimiento. El Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos indic
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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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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),