M 5.4 in Western Indian-Antarctic Ridge on 21 Nov 2017 01:04 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 1127001
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.4M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -51.996 , 139.4926
Event Date: 21 Nov 2017 01:04 UTC
21 Nov 2017 10:04 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Nov 2017 01:18 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000bs5i 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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 458 | About casualties: 18 | Last hour: 0

Iran airports to benefit from GARD disaster response training programThu, 23 Nov 2017 09:03:00 +0100.

TEHRAN, IRAN--(Marketwired - Nov 23, 2017) - Deutsche Post DHL Group and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) together with Iran Airports and Air Navigation Company will carry out the Get Airports Ready for Disaster (GARD) progra
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Iran airports to benefit from GARD disaster response training programThu, 23 Nov 2017 08:39:00 +0100.

TEHRAN, IRAN, Nov 23, 2017 (Marketwired via COMTEX) -- TEHRAN, IRAN--(Marketwired - Nov 23, 2017) - Deutsche Post DHL Group and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) together with Iran Airports and Air Navigation Company will carr
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News Washington state panel outlines risk of oil-by-rail terminalThu, 23 Nov 2017 08:21:00 +0100.

SEATTLE (AP) - A major oil-by-rail terminal proposed on the Columbia River in Washington state poses a potential risk of oil spills, train accidents and longer emergency response times due to road traffic, an environmental study has found.
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Washington state panel outlines risk of oil-by-rail terminalThu, 23 Nov 2017 07:27:00 +0100.

By PHUONG LE Associated Press. SEATTLE (AP) - A major oil-by-rail terminal proposed on the Columbia River in Washington state poses a potential risk of oil spills, train accidents and longer emergency response times due to road traffic, an
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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),