M 5.7 in Uganda on 03 Jul 2013 19:21 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 1000368
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 9.8 Km
Lat/Lon: 1.563 , 30.8496
Event Date: 03 Jul 2013 19:21 UTC
03 Jul 2013 22:21 Local
Exposed Population:
3785105 people within 100km
Inserted at: 03 Jul 2013 22:23 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.6 0.6
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
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 423 | About casualties: 72 | Last hour: 0

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Según un examen planimétrico realizado por la PDI, las personas que fallecieron en la Isla Orrego de Constitución se habrían salvado con un aviso oportuno.
Fukushima: des éléments radioactifs dans l'eau souterraineSun, 07 Jul 2013 16:49:00 +0200.

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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 (40), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),