M 6.8 in Bolivia on 02 Apr 2018 13:40 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 1139180
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.8M
Depth: 557.5 Km
Lat/Lon: -20.6668 , -63.0156
Event Date: 02 Apr 2018 13:40 UTC
02 Apr 2018 09:40 Local
Exposed Population: 120000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 02 Apr 2018 13:59 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
5.4 (Bolivia)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Bolivia= 5.4; Paraguay= 4.5

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000dce2 Scaled population (vector) -8  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.04  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 84 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

La erupción del HuaynaputinaWed, 04 Apr 2018 11:53:00 +0200.

En el año 1600 Moquegua fue epicentro del fin del mundo. Los estragos se sintieron en la joven ciudad de Arequipa que ese año cumplía sus primeros 60 años de fundación española. Crónicas y testimonios de la época sostienen que a mediados de
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Bolivia (Plurinational State of): Sismo de 6.6 grados en Chuquisaca ca ... Wed, 04 Apr 2018 00:56:00 +0200.

Un sismo de 6.6 grados en la escala de Richter, se registró ayer en la provincia Luis Calvo, de Chuquisaca, y activó alertas a nivel internacional debido a que por su magnitud se sintió en Brasil, Chile y Perú. Sin embargo, al haber nacido
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Sismo de 6,8 sacudió el sureste de Bolivia sin reporte de víctimasTue, 03 Apr 2018 21:10:00 +0200.

Un terremoto de magnitud 6,8 sacudió ayer el sureste de Bolivia, según el Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS), sin que se hayan reportado víctimas ni daños materiales de consideración. De acuerdo con este servicio, que registra la
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Magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes BoliviaTue, 03 Apr 2018 16:41:00 +0200.

People gather outside a building that was temporarily evacuated in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Monday, April 2, 2018, after a powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Bolivia. The quake was centered 205 miles (127 kilometers) southeast of Tarija, Bo
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),