M 5 in Ecuador on 14 Dec 2013 01:41 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 1020130
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 35.72 Km
Lat/Lon: -2.88 , -80.6
Event Date: 14 Dec 2013 01:41 UTC
13 Dec 2013 20:41 Local
Exposed Population:
990229 people within 100km
Inserted at: 14 Dec 2013 02:39 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.2 0.2
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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Fukushima evacuation deaths surpass area's quake, tsunami toll 12/18/2013 12:05:00 AM.

FUKUSHIMA, Japan, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Indirect deaths from Fukushima's 2011 nuclear plant meltdown exceed the number of prefecture deaths from the earthquake and tsunami, The Mainichi reported.
TBMM Baskani Çiçek, Ihsanoglu nu Kabul Etti 12/17/2013 11:51:00 PM.

TBMM Baskani Cemil Çiçek, Islam Isbirligi Teskilati Genel Sekreteri Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu'nu kabul etti.
Aumenta número de muertes indirectas por catástrofe de Fukushima 12/17/2013 11:18:00 PM.

La cifra de muertes indirectas a causa del terremoto y el tsunami de marzo de 2011 en prefectura de Fukushima, norte de Japón, asciende a mil 605, de acuerdo a un informe de las autoridades locales recogido este lunes por el diario Mainichi
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La larga evacuación de Fukushima dispara la mortalidad entre los super.. 12/17/2013 10:25:00 PM.

El número de muertes indirectas causadas por el terremoto y el tsunami de marzo de 2011 en la prefectura de Fukushima (norte de Japón) asciende ya a 1.605, según un informe de las autoridades locales recogido este martes por el diario Maini
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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 (40), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),