M 4.9 in Portugal on 20 Oct 2018 00:31 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 1159472
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 36.9766 , -32.3637
Event Date: 20 Oct 2018 00:31 UTC
19 Oct 2018 22:31 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 Oct 2018 00:53 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Portugal)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000heu3 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 24 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

South AmericaMon, 15 Oct 2018 18:45:00 +0200.

From 2016 to 2018, the European Commission has allocated €13.03 million to disaster risk reduction (DRR) projects in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela, as well as to strengthen DRR strategies in South America through
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De la 'furia' de los caseteros al huracán hoySun, 14 Oct 2018 00:43:00 +0200.

Del 'terremoto' de los empresarios con caseta en el ferial y el 'nubarrón' para el Ayuntamiento al huracán (literal) de hoy. Y es que sigue el tira y afloja y la tensión entre el Consistorio jienense y la asociación de caseteros 'La Fiesta'
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Estar preparados ante las catástrofes naturalesSat, 13 Oct 2018 10:35:00 +0200.

El terremoto de Haití en 2010, los incendios en Portugal en 2017 o la catástrofe ocurrida esta semana en Mallorca debido a las inundaciones provocadas por las intensas lluvias, ponen de manifiesto el enorme impacto social y económico que ti
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Las catástrofes naturales van a ocurrir y nos tenemos que prepararThu, 11 Oct 2018 21:14:00 +0200.

El terremoto de Haití en 2010, los incendios en Portugal en 2017 o la catástrofe ocurrida esta semana en Mallorca debido a las inundaciones provocadas por las intensas lluvias, ponen de manifiesto el enorme impacto social y económico que ti
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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), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),