M 4.6 in Ecuador on 28 Dec 2021 20:22 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 1303812
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 29.39 Km
Lat/Lon: -1.0691 , -77.8682
Event Date: 28 Dec 2021 20:22 UTC
28 Dec 2021 15:22 Local
Exposed Population:
1.2 million in 100km
Inserted at: 28 Dec 2021 21:55 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.3 (Ecuador)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000gfxf Scaled population (vector) 5.95  
  C1 earthquake 2.46  
  C2 earthquake -2.57  
  Country Vulnerability -0.1  
  INFORM_normalised 0.9  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),