M 4.5 in Italy on 18 Nov 2018 12:48 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 1162636
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 44.14 , 12.47
Event Date: 18 Nov 2018 12:48 UTC
18 Nov 2018 13:48 Local
Exposed Population:
3200000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 Nov 2018 13:07 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.4 (Italy)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0.4 0.4
726362 Scaled population (vector) 6.79  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0.29  
  INFORM_normalised 0.68  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 144 | About casualties: 25 | Last hour: 0

Magnitude 4.6 earthquake devastates North Italian city of RavennaSun, 18 Nov 2018 18:51:00 +0100.

. The tremor came just a few months after a series of quakes with magnitudes ranging from 4.7 to 5.3 struck the region, causing damage to Italian cities near the Adriatic Sea, reported. The province of Ravenna in north-eastern Italy was hi
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Indonesia: Indonesia: Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC) – ... Fri, 16 Nov 2018 21:07:00 +0100.

The September 28, 2018 Palu Mw7.5 Earthquake in Sulawesi Island in Indonesia triggered an unexpected tsunami that caused damage and loss of lives in the region. A field survey by the UNESCO International Survey Team composed of scientists f
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Italy's Campi Flegrei supervolcano is building up magmaThu, 15 Nov 2018 14:48:00 +0100.

Campi Flegrei is found about nine miles (14.5 km) to the west of Naples and is one of the few active supervolcanoes in the world. It has not erupted since 1538 but is capable of creating a 'super-colossal' eruption as scientists have found
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Greece: Greece: 6.8M Earthquake and Tsunami (25 October 2018)Thu, 15 Nov 2018 12:33:00 +0100.

Map Information - An earthquake of 6.8 M at the depth of 14 km occurred in the Ionian Sea (western Greece) on 25 October at 22:54 UTC. The epicentre was located offshore 45 km south-west of Zakintos Island. The earthquake affected the islan
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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 (2), OCHA (1), INGV (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),