M 4.9 Off-shore on 02 Aug 2013 01:38 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 1001130
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -28.0281 , 62.9254
Event Date: 02 Aug 2013 01:38 UTC
02 Aug 2013 05:38 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 02 Aug 2013 02:02 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
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

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Xi Jinping exhorte à des efforts acharnés après un séisme meurtrier au.. 8/5/2013 11:58:00 PM.

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Fuengirola, Spain experienced 4.1 magnitude earthquake on Sunday 8/5/2013 11:05:00 PM.

Fuengirola has experienced a tremor of magnitude 4.1 on Sunday night. No damage or injuries have been reported as the quake was at a depth of 54 kms.

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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), INFORM (2), USGS (2),