M 5.8 in Southeast Of Easter Island on 27 Sep 2019 15:11 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 1188544
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -35.8969 , -102.9008
Event Date: 27 Sep 2019 15:11 UTC
27 Sep 2019 08:11 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 27 Sep 2019 16:22 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us70005mls Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 140 | About casualties: 36 | Last hour: 0

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A 4.0-magnitude earthquake hit the edge of the Texas Pandhandle on Monday afternoon. The U.S. Geological Survey reported the epicenter of the earthquake was about 85 miles southeast of Lubbock in a rural area of Scurry County. Officials wit
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6.4-magnitude earthquake strikes southern PhilippinesSun, 29 Sep 2019 15:29:00 +0200.

Hanoi (VNA) - A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Davao Occidental province in the southern Philippines on September 29. The epicentre was at a depth of 89km, about 84 km southeast of Pundaguitain. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology
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Indonesia’s quake death toll rises to 30Sun, 29 Sep 2019 14:21:00 +0200.

On Thursday, terrified residents ran into the streets as buildings fell in around them when the 6.5-magnitude tremor struck, sparking landslides that buried at least one of the victims. Among the confirmed dead were three young children, wi
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Aftershocks possible after 6.4-magnitude DavOcc quakeSun, 29 Sep 2019 12:15:00 +0200.

MANILA -- Aftershocks are expected following the 6.4 magnitude earthquake that jolted Davao Occidental on Sunday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. The quake, of tectonic origin, struck 123
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (1),