M 4.8 in Nicaragua on 24 Feb 2017 13:41 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 1106330
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 78.66 Km
Lat/Lon: 12.5871 , -87.8206
Event Date: 24 Feb 2017 13:41 UTC
24 Feb 2017 07:41 Local
Exposed Population:
660000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 24 Feb 2017 13:57 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
5.3 (Nicaragua)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Nicaragua= 5.3; Honduras= 5.2; El Salvador= 4.6

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -0.9 -0.9
us20008m19 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

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Quake hits off Japan's Fukushima, no tsunami riskTue, 28 Feb 2017 13:19:00 +0100.

TOKYO (AFP) - A 5.6-magnitude earthquake on Tuesday (Feb 28) struck north-eastern Japan near the disaster-hit Fukushima nuclear plant but there was no fear of a tsunami, Japanese and US authorities said. The quake struck at a depth of 42.3
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UPDATE3: M5.7 quake hits northeast Japan, no tsunami warning issuedTue, 28 Feb 2017 13:15:00 +0100.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 shook northeastern Japan on Tuesday, the weather agency said, but no tsunami warning was issued and nuclear plant operators reported no problems at their facilities. The 4:49 p.m. temblor, which origina
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Cutremur de 5,7 grade pe scara Richter, în estul și nord-estul Japonie ... Tue, 28 Feb 2017 12:38:00 +0100.

Un cutremur cu magnitudinea de 5,7 grade pe scara Richter s-a produs astăzi în regiunea de est și nord-est a Japoniei, a anunțat Institutul Geologic American (USGS), deocamdată neexistând informații privind victime sau daune provocate de se
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زلزال بقوة 6ر5 درجة على مقياس ريختر يضرب شرق اليابانTue, 28 Feb 2017 12:37:00 +0100.

طوكيو - (أ ش أ): ضرب زلزال بلغت قوته 6ر5 درجة على مقياس ريختر اليوم الثلاثاء مناطق شرق وشمال شرق اليابان، وذلك دون أن ترد أنباء فورية عن سقوط ضحايا أو أضرار مادية جراء الهزة الأرضية. وذكرت شبكة "يورونيوز" الأوروبية أنه لم تصدر تحذيرات من اح
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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 (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),