M 5.1 in Pacific-Antarctic Ridge on 28 Jan 2016 20:03 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 1079538
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -56.5065 , -143.6983
Event Date: 28 Jan 2016 20:03 UTC
28 Jan 2016 10:03 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 28 Jan 2016 22:06 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 290 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 0

How China's One-Child Policy Led To Forced Abortions, 30 Million Bache ... Mon, 01 Feb 2016 19:55:00 +0100.

So, for example, this family that I covered that had lost their only child [in an earthquake], they lost a lot of status in their village, they said that their neighbors were avoiding them and shunning them, basically, that they were worrie
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Panamá volverá a participar en simulacro de tsunamiMon, 01 Feb 2016 19:50:00 +0100.

Nacional Panamá volverá a participar en simulacro de tsunami lunes 1 de febrero de 2016 - 1:30 p.m. Que se realizará simultáneamente el próximo 17 de marzo en todos los países del Caribe, informaron hoy fuentes oficiales. Crédito. En el sim
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VERCELLI - Cosa si cela sotto i mari italiani - I grandi vulcani somme ... Mon, 01 Feb 2016 18:37:00 +0100.

E’ finalmente disponibile, in versione cartacea, l’ultimo libro di Sabrina Mugnos Cosa si cela sotto i mari italiani - i grandi vulcani sommersi, pericoli e potenzialità ”, che chiude la sua fortunata collana geologica dove troviamo, tra gl
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INSIDE TRACK: A revealing conversation in a Govan charity shopMon, 01 Feb 2016 17:45:00 +0100.

IT seems for all the world like any other charity shop: small and bustling, with every last inch given over to racks of clothes and bric-a-brac. Were you so minded to try to swing a cat in here, you would find it rather difficult. Yet this
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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), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),