M 5.1 in Cuba on 17 Jan 2016 08:17 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 1078745
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 19.8171 , -76.0901
Event Date: 17 Jan 2016 08:17 UTC
17 Jan 2016 03:17 Local
Exposed Population:
1826272 people within 100km
Inserted at: 17 Jan 2016 08:36 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.3 0.3
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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 258 | About casualties: 58 | Last hour: 0

Taxi drivers in tsunami disaster zone report 'ghost passengers'Thu, 21 Jan 2016 08:15:00 +0100.

As Japan prepares to mark fifth anniversary of magnitude-9 earthquake and tsunami, local people report spectral sightings across Tohoku ....
Sopir Taksi Mengangkut "Penumpang Hantu" di Daerah yang Terkena Tsunam ... Thu, 21 Jan 2016 06:48:00 +0100.

SENDAI, KOMPAS.com Apakah ada kehidupan setelah kematian? Pengalaman tujuh sopir taksi di Jepang berikut ini menyegarkan kembali pertanyaan besar itu. Pada awal musim panas tahun 2011, seorang sopir taksi yang bekerja di Ishinomaki, Prefekt
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La «psiquis» sísmicaThu, 21 Jan 2016 06:36:00 +0100.

SANTIAGO DE CUBA.— A simple vista nada parece presagiar el momento difícil: los nuevos ómnibus, ambientados con un estridente reguetón o el más lacrimógeno de los dramas musicales, siguen transportando, de la mañana a la noche, a hombres, n
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Debat: Rådmand: Vi oplever, at en ren tsunami af udbrændthed, stress, ... Thu, 21 Jan 2016 06:07:00 +0100.

Mental sundhed og i særdeleshed stress får meget spalteplads i landets medier – og det med god grund. I disse år oplever vi en ren tsunami af udbrændthed, stress, angst og depression skylle ind over vores samfund. Hvorfor tilfældene er så h
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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 (41), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),