M 5.2 Off-shore on 23 Aug 2016 02:52 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 1092360
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -55.2898 , -30.7081
Event Date: 23 Aug 2016 02:52 UTC
23 Aug 2016 00:52 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 Aug 2016 03:09 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006fxh 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

Articles: 1001 | About casualties: 147 | Last hour: 0

Montreal, Quebec governments to contribute $120,000 to Italy earthquak ... Sat, 27 Aug 2016 02:37:00 +0200.

Rescuers clear debris while searching for victims in damaged buildings in Arquata del Tronto, Italy. Central Italy was struck by a powerful, 6.2 magnitude earthquake in the early hours of Wednesday (24Aug16), killing at least 38 people and
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At least 267 lives claimed in Italy devastating earthquakeSat, 27 Aug 2016 02:34:00 +0200.

Aid materials are deposited at a gymnasium which is turned into a temporary shelter in the town of Amatrice， Italy， Aug. 26， 2016. At least 267 lives were claimed in the devastating earthquake that hit the central regions of Italy in the ea
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Sube a 281 el número de muertos por el terremoto en ItaliaSat, 27 Aug 2016 02:31:00 +0200.

Roma, EFE. El número oficial provisional de muertos por el terremoto que asoló el miércoles el centro de Italia asciende a 281 , según el último recuento anunciado hoy por la Protección Civil italiana. La nueva actualización eleva en tres e
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Asciende a 281 los muertos por terremoto en ItaliaSat, 27 Aug 2016 02:29:00 +0200.

Roma, 26 ago (RHC) A 281 muertos y 388 heridos ascendió este viernes la cifra de muertos por el terremoto que hace tres días devastó extensas zonas de la región central de Italia. El Departamento italiano de Protección Civil informó que el
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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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), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),