M 6.8 in Ecuador on 18 May 2016 16:46 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1086512
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.8M
Depth: 31 Km
Lat/Lon: 0.4651 , -79.6406
Event Date: 18 May 2016 16:46 UTC
18 May 2016 11:46 Local
Exposed Population: 190000 people in MMI
900000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 May 2016 17:09 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 1 0 1
us10005i9n Scaled population (vector) n.a Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake n.a Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 earthquake n.a      
  Country Vulnerability n.a      
  INFORM_normalised n.a      
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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Aclaró que la única cuenta que maneja es su perfil personal de Facebook La semana pasada, todo el país se concentró en la visita que hizo el exvicepresidente de la República, Lenin Moreno, a las zonas afectadas por el terremoto del 16 de ab
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Correa pide a ecuatorianos estar atentos por nuevos sismos 5/22/2016 4:09:00 PM.

El presidente de Ecuador, Rafael Correa, instó al país a permanecer en calma y prepararse para las nuevas réplicas del terremoto de 7.8 grados del pasado 16 de abril. El presidente de Ecuador, Rafael Correa, informó en su cuenta de Twitt
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Un muerto y 87 heridos en Ecuador tras sismo de magnitud 6,8 5/22/2016 4:09:00 PM.

Hasta el momento no se han reportado grandes daños en infraestructuras. | Foto: El Telégrafo Más de 20 réplicas se han registrado este miércoles tras dos sismos de magnitud 6,8 y 6,7. El presidente de Ecuador, Rafael Correa, confirmó
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Pakistan sends field hospital, relief goods for Sri Lankan flood victi.. 5/22/2016 3:53:00 PM.

Sun, May 22, 2016, 07:15 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. May 22, Colombo: The Government of Pakistan has sent a 30 bed fully equipped modern field hospital and relief materials for the victims of the recent floods in Sri Lanka
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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 (88), (5), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (2), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),