M 4.6 in Peru on 23 Jul 2013 09:48 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 1000619
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 78.4 Km
Lat/Lon: -8.9278 , -78.5146
Event Date: 23 Jul 2013 09:48 UTC
23 Jul 2013 04:48 Local
Exposed Population:
760162 people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 Jul 2013 10:11 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -1 -1
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.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 290 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Changement de donneSat, 27 Jul 2013 08:20:00 +0200.

Written by LE POTENTIEL: Hits: 5. Décidément, la roue ne tourne plus en faveur de celui qui s’était toujours fait passer pour le nombril de la terre. Paul Kagame, car c’est de lui qu’il s’agit, n’a plus le vent en poupe, bien au contraire.
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Magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes southern PeruSat, 27 Jul 2013 07:44:00 +0200.

Peru, 10 days ago A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck southern Peru on Tuesday, according to the US Geological Survey. The epicenter of the quake was located 53 miles (85 km) northwest of Arequipa, Peru, at a depth of about 52 miles (84 km),
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Strong earthquake strikes South Sandwich Islands regionSat, 27 Jul 2013 07:17:00 +0200.

KUALA LUMPUR: A strong earthquake, measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale, struck the South Sandwich Islands region in the southern Atlantic Ocean at 5.33 am today, the Malaysian Meteorological Department reported.
El 8 de agosto será el simulacro de terremoto y tsunami en AntofagastaSat, 27 Jul 2013 06:36:00 +0200.

ANTOFAGASTA, Chile, jul. 26 (UPI) -- El intendente de la nortina región chilena de Antofagasta, Pablo Toloza, junto al director regional de Onemi Antofagasta, Mario León, encabezaron la ceremonia de lanzamiento del simulacro de terremoto y
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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), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),