M 4.9 Off-shore on 01 Oct 2016 19:52 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 1095077
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 61.41 Km
Lat/Lon: -28.0612 , -176.8969
Event Date: 01 Oct 2016 19:52 UTC
01 Oct 2016 07:52 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 01 Oct 2016 21:12 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006ufe 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: 2126 | About casualties: 157 | Last hour: 0

Hurricane Matthew heads toward the U.S. after leaving trail of destruc ... Wed, 05 Oct 2016 19:45:00 +0200.

hurtled toward the Bahamas and the southeastern coast of the United States on Wednesday after battering Cuba overnight with torrential rains and 145 mph winds. No deaths have been reported in Cuba, but authorities are worried that a massive
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Haiti takes stock of death and destruction as U.S. braces for Hurrican ... Wed, 05 Oct 2016 19:37:00 +0200.

In Haiti, where international aid efforts were stymied Tuesday because of the lack of access to the hardest-hit areas, muddy rivers and tributaries continued to rise as water flowed down hillsides and mountains, making more flash floods and
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Thomas Cook evacuates 570 holidaymakers from Cuba as Hurricane Matthew ... Wed, 05 Oct 2016 19:31:00 +0200.

Yesterday it was reported Thomson also delayed two flights to Montego Bay, Jamaica, as the storm ripped through the Caribbean, killing seven people in Haiti. Hurricane Matthew, the fiercest Caribbean storm in almost a decade, powered toward
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'Matthew' avanza hacia Bahamas y EE UU tras dejar 17 muertos a su pasoWed, 05 Oct 2016 19:30:00 +0200.

vientos de 230 kilómetros por hora , destrozando pueblos, tierras de cultivo y complejos turísticos. En Estados Unidos se ha instado a millones de personas a evacuar la costa sureste y el gobernador de Florida, Rick Scott, ha advertido a lo
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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),