M 5.8 in Martinique on 03 Feb 2017 19:54 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 1104733
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.8M
Depth: 39.16 Km
Lat/Lon: 15.088 , -60.5163
Event Date: 03 Feb 2017 19:54 UTC
03 Feb 2017 15:54 Local
Exposed Population: 440000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 04 Feb 2017 16:12 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
3.7 (Dominica)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.4 0.4
us20008hh9 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 213 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

L'observatoire sismologique corrige la magnitude du séisme à 5,8Tue, 07 Feb 2017 19:24:00 +0100.

L'observatoire volcanologique et sismologique de Martinique a corrigé la magnitude du séisme de vendredi dernier (3 février) à 15:54. La magnitude locale initiale donnait une première estimation à 6,1. Les calculs, et toutes les données de
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Tsunami: Condicion pa Blacky a participa ta cu e mester busca guia pro ... Tue, 07 Feb 2017 18:58:00 +0100.

"Tsunami ta un famia y como famia nos a wordo confronta cu algo cu a causa hopi consternacion serca nos, mescos cu ta e caso den nos comunidad. Ora un familiar comete un error cual nos no ta comprende y cu pa nos ta inaceptabel, nos ta sint
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Risk Consultants, nuovo ufficio al polo Federico II di Napoli EstTue, 07 Feb 2017 18:13:00 +0100.

Risk Consultants, società di Ingegneria del Gruppo Assicurativo Axa, inaugurerà un nuovo ufficio di Ricerca e sviluppo presso il nuovo Polo universitario della Federico II di San Giovanni a Teduccio (a Napoli, in corso Protopisani, 70), ven
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Robot marino podría salvar vidas ante tsunamisTue, 07 Feb 2017 18:11:00 +0100.

Tokio, 7 de febrero 2017.- Un equipo de investigadores japoneses está a punto de poner en marcha en los alrededores de la nueva isla volcánica de Nishonoshima, un robot marino que hace de centinela contra tsunamis y podría salvar vidas. El
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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),