M 5.8 in Venezuela on 22 Aug 2018 13:27 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 1154611
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.8M
Depth: 97.51 Km
Lat/Lon: 10.5844 , -62.9204
Event Date: 22 Aug 2018 13:27 UTC
22 Aug 2018 09:27 Local
Exposed Population: 1110000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 22 Aug 2018 13:49 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.3 (Venezuela)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000gfc8 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.9  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 394 | About casualties: 31 | Last hour: 0

Venezuela’s crisis our concernSun, 26 Aug 2018 10:29:00 +0200.

Venezuela’s crisis is our concern. As the world press reports more on the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela our government is busy forging even stronger links with our neighbour. We seem so intertwined that even the earthquake, which had its
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Get serious about building codes The earthquake and aftershocks that T ... Sun, 26 Aug 2018 06:42:00 +0200.

Get serious about building codes. The earthquake and aftershocks that Trinidad and Tobago (TT) experienced last week are a clear signal and vigorous reminder that the creation of building codes that address the earthquake experiences of the
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Efemérides: Ocurrió un día como hoy 25 de agostoSat, 25 Aug 2018 15:19:00 +0200.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),