M 4.9 in Panama on 31 Mar 2018 16:12 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 1139041
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 4.9415 , -82.4506
Event Date: 31 Mar 2018 16:12 UTC
31 Mar 2018 11:12 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 31 Mar 2018 16:29 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Panama)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000dbw6 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

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

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World NewsWed, 14 Mar 2018 05:19:00 +0100.

Another conservative former South Korean president is being questioned by prosecutors over a range of corruption allegations. Mexico City is taking ownership of a lot where a seven-story office building collapsed in September's deadly eart
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Mexico City takes over collapse site for earthquake memorialWed, 14 Mar 2018 00:17:00 +0100.

Purchase: Order Reprint MEXICO CITY — Mexico City is taking ownership of a lot where a seven-story office building collapsed in September's deadly earthquake, clearing the way for a planned park memorializing victims of the disaster. Mayor
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Seismic center: Caribbean undersea volcano may soon eruptTue, 13 Mar 2018 23:15:00 +0100.

Purchase: Order Reprint ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada — A Caribbean seismic research center says an underwater volcano just north of Grenada may be about to erupt but does not pose a tsunami threat to the region. The University of the West Indies
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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),