M 5 in Antarctica on 11 Apr 2016 23:34 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 1084195
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -63.4337 , 145.0171
Event Date: 11 Apr 2016 23:34 UTC
12 Apr 2016 09:34 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 12 Apr 2016 00:48 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

Articles: 1245 | About casualties: 153 | Last hour: 0

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Another strong quake hits southern Japan; people reported trappedFri, 15 Apr 2016 23:25:00 +0200.

Sirens of patrol vehicles could be heard in the background as NHK reported from Mashiki. The asphalt outside the town hall had a new crack, apparently made by the latest earthquake. In nearby Uto City, police reported that the City Hall bui
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New magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes southern Japan, a day after nine ... Fri, 15 Apr 2016 23:23:00 +0200.

A powerful earthquake hit southern Japan early Saturday, sending panicked residents from their homes and damaging buildings in a region where nerves were already frayed after a series of powerful tremors over the past two days. The earthqua
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Un nuevo terremoto de magnitud 7 golpea JapónFri, 15 Apr 2016 23:23:00 +0200.

Un terremoto de magnitud 7,0 sacudió la noche del viernes (tiempo local) el suroeste de Japón, en la misma zona golpeada el jueves por un sismo que dejó al menos 9 muertos. El terremoto de magnitud 7,1, según la agencia meteorológica japone
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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 (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),