M 5.3 in Colombia on 24 Mar 2017 09:00 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 1108530
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 3.313 , -79.3802
Event Date: 24 Mar 2017 09:00 UTC
24 Mar 2017 04:00 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 24 Mar 2017 09:21 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Colombia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20008u8i Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 314 | About casualties: 7 | Last hour: 0

'Yolanda' museum eyed in TaclobanTue, 28 Mar 2017 08:18:00 +0200.

THE National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) is pushing for the establishment of a "Yolanda" memorial center to preserve the memories of suffering and recovery from the monster typhoon that pummeled Eastern Visayas in 2013. Offici
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Liège: le «tsunami» Publifin s’invite enfin au conseil communalTue, 28 Mar 2017 07:57:00 +0200.

Un débat a finalement eu lieu au conseil communal de Liège dans le cadre de l’affaire Publifin. Un scandale que le MR a qualifié de «tsunami». Le débat tant réclamé par certains groupes de l’opposition au sein du conseil communal de Liège a
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Satellites shed new light on earthquakesTue, 28 Mar 2017 06:40:00 +0200.

Satellite radar scans of last year's earthquake in New Zealand are changing the way we are thinking about earthquake hazards in regions where our planet's tectonic plates meet. The 7.8-magnitude quake that struck New Zealand's South Island
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California se prepara para la llegada del gran tsunamiTue, 28 Mar 2017 06:16:00 +0200.

se prepara para el peor escenario posible. Sus habitantes llevan a�os viviendo bajo la amenaza de la falla de San Andr�s y en permanente cuenta atr�s por el cada vez m�s cercano gran terremoto , conocido como el big one. Pero ahora los cien
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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), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),