M 5.7 in Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge on 18 Sep 2017 05:28 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 1121722
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -18.5262 , -12.7162
Event Date: 18 Sep 2017 05:28 UTC
18 Sep 2017 04:28 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 Sep 2017 05:49 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000apru Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 458 | About casualties: 30 | Last hour: 0

Nation-World Major earthquake shakes Mexico City; more than 200 people ... Fri, 22 Sep 2017 05:16:00 +0200.

The death rose after Mexico City Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera said the number of confirmed dead in the capital had risen from 100 to 115. An earlier federal government statement had put the overall toll at 230, including 100 deaths in Mexico
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Terremoto de 6.1 sacude Kamaishi en JapónFri, 22 Sep 2017 05:12:00 +0200.

El Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS) informó que un terremoto de magnitud 6,1 sacudió la costa oriental de Japón. El epicentro del sismo estuvo ubicado a 281 kilómetros al este de la ciudad de Kamaishi, en la gran isla de Honshu,
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Is California ready for the "Big One"?Fri, 22 Sep 2017 05:09:00 +0200.

The 7.1 magnitude quake in Mexico was a jarring reminder of the “Big One” that experts warn may be in California’s not-too-distant future. Small quakes are a fact of life along the West Coast, the most recent being a 3.6 tremor that shook L
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Nation-World Major earthquake shakes Mexico City; more than 200 people ... Fri, 22 Sep 2017 05:08:00 +0200.

The death rose after Mexico City Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera said the number of confirmed dead in the capital had risen from 100 to 115. An earlier federal government statement had put the overall toll at 230, including 100 deaths in Mexico
...(more)

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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), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (1),