M 6.7 in Barbados on 18 Feb 2014 09:27 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 1026195
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 14.7 , -58.8
Event Date: 18 Feb 2014 09:27 UTC
18 Feb 2014 05:27 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 24 Feb 2014 11:02 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
USGS 0 0.2 0.5
at00n16q9e Scaled population (vector) n.a Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake n.a Max wave realtime 0.17m  
  C2 earthquake n.a      
  Country Vulnerability n.a      
  INFORM_normalised n.a      
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 319 | About casualties: 9 | Last hour: 0

A risky assumptionFri, 21 Feb 2014 02:35:00 +0100.

2/21/2014 Following the earth tremor on the morning of February 18, 2014, the advice was broadcast on the nightly news that persons should remain in the building during an earthquake. This advice assumes that the building will be stable dur
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Christchurch TV station's lone survivor recalls grief and defiance dur ... Fri, 21 Feb 2014 02:32:00 +0100.

On third anniversary of New Zealand earthquake, CTV staffer remembers working amid shock of losing peers to stay on air The phone call saved her. Mary Anne Jackson does not remember who was on the line or what it was about, but on a quiet F
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100 tons of radioactive water leaks from Fukushima nuclear plantFri, 21 Feb 2014 02:23:00 +0100.

About 100 tons of highly radioactive water leaked from one of the hundreds of storage tanks at the devastated Fukushima nuclear plant, its operator said Thursday, calling it the worst spill at the plant in six months. The operator, the Toky
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Worst spill in 6 months at Japanese nuclear plantFri, 21 Feb 2014 01:28:00 +0100.

About 100 tons of highly radioactive water leaked from one of the hundreds of storage tanks at the devastated Fukushima nuclear plant. The NYT reports.

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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 (81), (5), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (2), INFORM (4), USGS (2), NOAA (1),