M 4.8 in Algeria on 14 Mar 2013 16:58 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 123281
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 35.08 , -0.98
Event Date: 14 Mar 2013 16:58 UTC
14 Mar 2013 17:58 Local
Exposed Population:
3880000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 14 Mar 2013 17:05 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0.5 0.5
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
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Latest media headlines

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10 deadly catastrophes threaten 36 provinces in Algeria 3/1/2013 11:31:00 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), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),