M 4.7 in Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge on 01 Mar 2015 01:42 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 1049355
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 0.9188 , -28.2869
Event Date: 01 Mar 2015 01:42 UTC
28 Feb 2015 23:42 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 01 Mar 2015 02:15 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 411 | About casualties: 7 | Last hour: 0

Swimming program for primary students requestedThu, 05 Mar 2015 01:39:00 +0100.

3/5/2015 Judy Thomas, Director of the Department of Emergency Management wants to see a national swimming program be instituted for primary school children. Pointing out to the increasing possibility of tsunamis being triggered in the event
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Ban Ki-moon irá a conferencia mundial sobre desastresThu, 05 Mar 2015 01:35:00 +0100.

(04 de marzo de 2015. El Venezolano).- El secretario general de la ONU, Ban Ki-moon, viajará la próxima seman a a Japón para participar en una conferencia internaciona l sobre los riesgos de desastres naturales, informó hoy un comunicado of
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El retorno del Leviatán imperialThu, 05 Mar 2015 01:29:00 +0100.

Comparable por su impacto para todos los amantes de las leyendas náuticas con la localización del Bismarck en 1989 por Robert Ballard, el hallazgo del Musashi hace emerger de las sombras de la historia la poderosa silueta del Leviatán de la
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Go to page 5Thu, 05 Mar 2015 01:05:00 +0100.

Ten years ago today, the world dumbstruck by the magnitude of the natural disaster that had just hit a series of countries across Asia and beyond: the Indian Ocean tsunami. Today, we think of all those who lost their lives ten years ago, bu
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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), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),