M 5 in Ecuador on 22 May 2018 13:36 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 1143822
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 36.35 Km
Lat/Lon: 0.4965 , -78.4237
Event Date: 22 May 2018 13:36 UTC
22 May 2018 08:36 Local
Exposed Population:
3650000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 22 May 2018 13:57 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.3 (Ecuador)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Ecuador= 4.3; Colombia= 4

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000e9ww Scaled population (vector) 6.25  
  C1 earthquake 2.46  
  C2 earthquake -2.57  
  Country Vulnerability -0.1  
  INFORM_normalised 0.9  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 23 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

“Cercado del Callao y La Punta son más vulnerables ante un sismo”Thu, 24 May 2018 13:03:00 +0200.

Tomar conciencia nos puede salvar la vida. El 24 de mayo de 1940, a las 11:35 a.m., un terremoto de gran magnitud se registró en Lima y Callao. La Provincia Constitucional fue una de las más afectadas, se registraron 179 muertos, más de 3,0
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An Earthquake of Magnitude 5.5 Shakes the Northern Region of EcuadorWed, 23 May 2018 18:48:00 +0200.

Quito, May 22 (Prensa Latina) A 5,5 magnitude earthquake was registered today in the province of Imbabura, located in the Sierra region of Ecuador, with no damage reported so far. According to reports from the Geophysical Institute, the ep
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11:20 An Earthquake of Magnitude 5.5 Shakes the Northern Region of Ecu ... Tue, 22 May 2018 17:59:00 +0200.

22 de mayo de 2018, 11:20 Quito, May 22 (Prensa Latina) A 5,5 magnitude earthquake was registered today in the province of Imbabura, located in the Sierra region of Ecuador, with no damage reported so far. According to reports from the Geo
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COMUNICADO: Gobierno de Puerto López aprobó Ordenanza pionera para opt ... Mon, 21 May 2018 10:24:00 +0200.

El Gobierno Autónomo Descentralizado Municipal del Cantón Puerto López, Ecuador, aprobó con fecha 19 de abril de 2018, una trascendente y pionera Ordenanza Municipal de Prevención y Salvamento a nivel cantonal, estableciendo mediante el Mét
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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),