M 4.6 in Argentina on 06 Jan 2016 21:23 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 1077998
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 92.3 Km
Lat/Lon: -29.1645 , -69.0132
Event Date: 06 Jan 2016 21:23 UTC
06 Jan 2016 18:23 Local
Exposed Population:
About 19975 people within 100km
Inserted at: 06 Jan 2016 23:27 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC n.a n.a
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

Minister Arscott To Seek Cabinet Approval For Tabling Of Revised Build.. 1/8/2016 3:57:00 PM.

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Noel Arscott (centre); and Director General, Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Major Clive Davis, listen to a comment from Ambassador of Argentina
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Argentina to partner with Jamaica for National Volunteers' Disast.. 1/7/2016 6:38:00 AM.

Ambassador of Argentina to Jamaica Ariel Fernandez has promised that his country will be providing support to Jamaica's National Volunteers' Programme. The volunteer programme is managed by the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency
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Exposed population

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Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),