M 5.5 Off-shore on 19 Mar 2024 02:25 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 1420151
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 9.2 Km
Lat/Lon: -31.2998 , -179.1275
Event Date: 19 Mar 2024 02:25 UTC
18 Mar 2024 14:25 Local
Exposed Population:
Inserted at: 19 Mar 2024 03:34 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000mjpw Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 375 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 6

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The National Office of Disaster Services spearheaded the latest simulation exercise to test the nation’s readiness for a tsunami, or giant ocean wave. Students were among those who participated in the latest Caribe Wave Tsunami Drill. Phila
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6.1 A strong earthquake strikes several areas in East Java, causing da ... 2024-03-23T01:40+0100.

“The earthquake sounded like a plane passing overhead, roaring like that,” said Nur Tatilah, a local resident from Sokoning village. A 6.0 magnitude tectonic earthquake occurred 132 km northeast of Tuban, at a shallow depth of only 10 km. T
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A strong earthquake shakes Indonesia’s Java Island but no reports of c ... 2024-03-23T00:50+0100.

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A strong and shallow undersea earthquake shook the eastern side of Indonesia’s main island of Java on Friday, causing some damage but no immediate reports of casualties. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake me
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Tiny drones sent deep inside Fukushima nuclear reactor send out first ... 2024-03-23T00:50+0100.

TOKYO (AP) — Images taken by miniature drones from deep inside a badly damaged reactor at the Fukushima nuclear plant show displaced control equipment and misshapen materials but leave many questions unanswered, underscoring the daunting ta
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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),