M 4.5 in Mozambique on 30 Aug 2020 04:06 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 1232319
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -17.7769 , 34.9883
Event Date: 30 Aug 2020 04:06 UTC
30 Aug 2020 06:06 Local
Exposed Population:
860000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 30 Aug 2020 04:27 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.6 (Mozambique)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Mozambique= 6.6; Malawi= 6.3

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000bexk Scaled population (vector) 5.98  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.18  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 15 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Magnitude 4.5 earthquake hits eight districts in central MozambiqueMon, 31 Aug 2020 11:05:00 +0200.

A 4.5 magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale was reported in eight districts of provinces in central Mozambique at 06:06 a.m. on Sunday, but without causing casualties or damage, an official source said. “The epicentre was in the Caia di
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Professor Bar-On wins Yigal Alon prize for pioneering excellenceThu, 13 Aug 2020 11:58:00 +0200.

Professor Elhanan Bar-On, the director of the Center for Disaster Medicine & Humanitarian Response at Sheba Medical Center, has won the Yigal Alon Prize for pioneering excellence. As a Lt. Colonel in the IDF Medical Corps Reserves, Prof. Ba
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Mozambique: Magnitude-4.9 earthquake felt in Nampula; no known casualt ... Wed, 12 Aug 2020 05:19:00 +0200.

An earthquake of magnitude 4.9 on the Richter scale was recorded in northern Mozambique at 7.10 a.m. on Tuesday, with no known casualties or damage, according to the National Mining Institute (INAMI). “The epicentre was in the Mozambique Ch
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Mozambique: Magnitude-4.9 earthquake felt in Nampula; no known ...Tue, 11 Aug 2020 14:31:00 +0200.

An earthquake of magnitude 4.9 on the Richter scale was recorded in northern Mozambique at 7.10 a.m. on Tuesday, with no known casualties or damage, according to the National Mining Institute (INAMI). “The epicentre was in the Mozambique Ch
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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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),