M 4.8 in Peru on 14 May 2015 18:33 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 1054854
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 52.52 Km
Lat/Lon: -14.1465 , -75.5333
Event Date: 14 May 2015 18:33 UTC
14 May 2015 13:33 Local
Exposed Population:
559669 people within 100km
Inserted at: 14 May 2015 19:09 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.1
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
Satellite products
Analytical products
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

L'ALLARME DEL WWF 5/18/2015 6:06:00 PM.

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Gambo woman volunteering in Nepal during latest earthquake 5/18/2015 12:24:00 PM.

It ranks right up there as any parent's worst nightmare — your child is in an earthquake-devastated country and you're home on the other side of the world. Melanie Wells, the daughter of Marvin and Donna Wells, has been in Nepal for the las
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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 (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),