M 4.5 in Ecuador on 16 Jan 2021 10:43 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 1251815
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 34.94 Km
Lat/Lon: 0.8816 , -79.7011
Event Date: 16 Jan 2021 10:43 UTC
16 Jan 2021 05:43 Local
Exposed Population:
560000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 16 Jan 2021 11:36 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.3 (Ecuador)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000d0ms Scaled population (vector) 6.41  
  C1 earthquake 2.46  
  C2 earthquake -2.57  
  Country Vulnerability -0.1  
  INFORM_normalised 0.9  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 10 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

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Light magnitude 4.3 quake hits 16 km northeast of Volcan Chimborazo, E ... Fri, 15 Jan 2021 21:08:00 +0100.

4.3 quake 15 Jan 2:37 pm (GMT -5) A magnitude 4.3 earthquake near Volcan Chimborazo, Cantón Esmeraldas, Provincia de Esmeraldas, Ecuador, was reported only 8 minutes ago by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), considered
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Mag. 4.3 earthquake - NEAR COAST OF ECUADOR on Friday, 15 January 2021 ... Fri, 15 Jan 2021 21:08:00 +0100.

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake near Volcan Chimborazo, Cantón Esmeraldas, Provincia de Esmeraldas, Ecuador, was reported only 8 minutes ago by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), considered one of the key international agenc
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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),