M 4.8 in Spain on 13 Nov 2012 19:18 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 120855
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: Km
Lat/Lon: 41.14 , -1.12
Event Date: 13 Nov 2012 19:18 UTC
13 Nov 2012 20:18 Local
Exposed Population:
950000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 13 Nov 2012 19:29 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0.5 0.5
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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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 (40), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),