M 5.9 in Western Indian-Antarctic Ridge on 27 Feb 2016 21:29 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 1081496
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -51.782 , 139.5587
Event Date: 27 Feb 2016 21:29 UTC
28 Feb 2016 06:29 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 27 Feb 2016 21:51 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  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 561 | About casualties: 25 | Last hour: 0

Sumatras Bewohner flüchten aus Angst vor TsunamiWed, 02 Mar 2016 21:15:00 +0100.

Die Westküste der indonesischen Insel Sumatra ist von einem Erdbeben der Stärke 7,8 erschüttert worden. Nach Angaben der US-Erdbebenwarte lag das Epizentrum des Bebens zehn Kilometer unter dem Meeresgrund und rund 662 Kilometer vom Land ent
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Registrado un terremoto de magnitud 7,9 al suroeste de IndonesiaWed, 02 Mar 2016 21:12:00 +0100.

Europa Press | Madrid | Actualizado el 02/03/2016 a las 18:55 horas. Varias personas han muerto como consecuencia del terremoto de magnitud 7,9 en la escala abierta de Richter registrado al suroeste de la isla indonesia de Sumatra , según h
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Indonésia retira alerta de tsunami, após forte terremotoWed, 02 Mar 2016 21:09:00 +0100.

A Indonésia retirou um alerta de tsunami emitido nesta quarta-feira(02), após um poderoso terremoto gerar cautela entre os moradores da ilha de Sumatra. O Serviço Geológico dos EUA informou que o tremor teve magnitude 7,8, com seu epicentro
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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 (48), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (1),