M 6 in Antigua and Barbuda on 19 Mar 2016 11:26 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 1082796
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.0M
Depth: 32 Km
Lat/Lon: 17.9908 , -60.6998
Event Date: 19 Mar 2016 11:26 UTC
19 Mar 2016 07:26 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 19 Mar 2016 12:45 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Earthquake strikes near Antigua but causes no damage 3/19/2016 6:46:00 PM.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) " The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude-6.0 earthquake has hit parts of the eastern Caribbean, where local officials are reporting shaking but no damage. The quake at 7:26 a.m. (1126 GMT) Saturday was center
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Earthquake strikes near Antigua but causes no damage 3/19/2016 6:13:00 PM.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude-6.0 earthquake has hit parts of the eastern Caribbean, where local officials are reporting shaking but no damage. The quake at 7:26 a.m. (1126 GMT) Saturday was center
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Vídeo: la Pirotecnia Turís dispara el mejor «terremoto» dde las Fallas.. 3/15/2016 7:33:00 PM.

Pirotecnia Turis ha vuelto a disparar una 'mascletà' en Valencia tras tres años de parón con un espectáculo "homogéneo, muy clásico y a la antigua", que ha ido "in crescendo" con un terremoto final "salvaje". Con esta propuesta -la decimoqu
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Vídeo: la Pirotecnia Turís dispara el mejor «terremoto» dde las Fallas.. 3/15/2016 5:31:00 PM.

Pirotecnia Turis volvió disparar una ‘mascletà’ en Valencia tras tres años de parón con un show “homogéneo, muy clásico y a la antigua”, que fue “in crescendo” con un terremoto final “salvaje”. Con esta propuesta -la decimoquinta del almana
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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), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),