M 4.8 in Ecuador on 16 Apr 2016 23:47 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 1084564
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 33.01 Km
Lat/Lon: 0.277 , -80.0744
Event Date: 16 Apr 2016 23:47 UTC
16 Apr 2016 18:47 Local
Exposed Population:
689735 people within 100km
Inserted at: 17 Apr 2016 00:06 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.
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Latest media headlines

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El presidente Rafael Correa propuso este miércoles a los países vecinos la creación de “una secretaría de riesgos sudamericana” para atender de manera coordinada tragedias como la que vive Ecuador por el potente sismo que devastó la costa.
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Number of dead in Ecuador earthquake likely to rise to 500: UN 4/20/2016 11:35:00 PM.

Four hundred and eighty people have died in the Ecuador earthquake and the number is likely to rise to 500, the has confirmed. UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Hundreds are still missing and more than 21,000 are in nee
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Rinden honores a médicos cubanos fallecidos en el terremoto de Ecuador 4/20/2016 11:33:00 PM.

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