M 4.8 Off-shore on 27 Sep 2016 10:01 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 1094782
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 521.1 Km
Lat/Lon: -20.2072 , -177.5089
Event Date: 27 Sep 2016 10:01 UTC
26 Sep 2016 22:01 Local
Exposed Population:
Few people within 100km
Inserted at: 27 Sep 2016 10:21 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006t43 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: 726 | About casualties: 31 | Last hour: 0

زلزال بقوة 5.7 درجة يضرب جزيرة بتونجا جنوبي المحيط الهاديSat, 01 Oct 2016 09:16:00 +0200.

قالت هيئة المسح الجيولوجي الأمريكية، اليوم السبت، إن زلزالا بجنوب المحيط الهادي بلغت قوته 7ر5 درجة على مقياس ريختر وقع على بعد 268 كيلومترا جنوبي جزيرة نوكوألوفا، في تونجا. وخفضت الهيئة - حسبما أفادت هيئة الإذاعة البريطانية (بي بي سي) - قوة
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Južni Pacifik zatresao potres jačine 5,7, zasad nema žrtavaSat, 01 Oct 2016 08:37:00 +0200.

Potres u južnom Pacifiku magnitude 5,7 dogodio se 268 km južno od otoka Nuku'alofa u polinezijski državi Tonga, izvijestio je u subotu Američki geološki institut (USGS). USGS je umanjio snagu koju je u početku procijenio na 6,1. Nije izdan
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Feature: Int'l support pours in Nepal for reconstruction of quake-dama ... Sat, 01 Oct 2016 08:33:00 +0200.

by Shristi Kafle. KATHMANDU， Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- The premise of Jalapa Devi Higher Secondary School located in Melamchi municipality of Sindhupalchowk district， some 50 kilometers away from the capital city， looked vibrant. The way towards t
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Türkiye hızla yaşlanıyorSat, 01 Oct 2016 08:18:00 +0200.

Son 50 yılda yaşam süresi ortalama 20 yıl uzadı. Dünya Sağlık Örgütü raporuna göre, 2000 yılında 60 yaş ve üstünün sayısı 600 milyon iken, 2025'te 1.2 milyara, 2050'de ise 2 milyara çıkacak. Dünya bu yaşlı topluluğa "silver tsunami" yani gr
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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), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),