M 4.6 in Italy on 15 Apr 2021 04:33 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 1264831
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 19.27 Km
Lat/Lon: 42.4763 , 16.0724
Event Date: 15 Apr 2021 04:33 UTC
15 Apr 2021 06:33 Local
Exposed Population:
230000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 16 Apr 2021 01:23 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.1 (Croatia)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Croatia= 3.1; Italy= 2.4

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000e1pg Scaled population (vector) 4.62  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.76  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 43 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Remote Sensing, Vol. 13, Pages 1555: Joint Interpretation of Geophysic ... Sat, 17 Apr 2021 13:40:00 +0200.

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NEAMTHM18, the first tsunami hazard model for the Northeast Atlantic, ... Wed, 14 Apr 2021 10:38:00 +0200.

The first hazard model for tsunamis generated by earthquakes in the NEAM area, the resultof a European project coordinated by INGV, has been realized. To quantify the tsunami risk for the Mediterranean coasts, an international team of resea
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Convoy With 70 Tonnes of Humanitarian Aid From Bavaria Arrives in Petr ... Tue, 13 Apr 2021 12:45:00 +0200.

. ZAGREB, 13 April, 2021 - A large convoy from Bavaria, carrying more than 70 tonnes of humanitarian aid from Bavaria for residents of Sisak-Moslavina County, hit by a 6.2 magnitude earthquake on 29 December 2020, arrived at a divers' base
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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 (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),