M 5.4 in Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge on 08 Feb 2016 23:03 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 1080253
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.4M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 28.3431 , -43.7581
Event Date: 08 Feb 2016 23:03 UTC
08 Feb 2016 20:03 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 08 Feb 2016 23:27 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: 363 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

Snowpack could shorten Oregon wildfire season in high elevationsFri, 12 Feb 2016 22:10:00 +0100.

Oregon's healthy snowpack should keep much of the ground wet this spring, and that could help ease late summer's tough fire season, even if just a little, officials say. Thousands of acres burned across the state costing hundreds of million
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În Indonezia - Cutremur de 6,5 gradeFri, 12 Feb 2016 21:57:00 +0100.

Un cutremur cu magnitudinea de 6,5 grade a avut loc vineri în estul Indoneziei, a informat Institutul american de geofizică (USGS), însă nicio alertă de tsunami nu a fost declanşată, potrivit autorităţilor locale. Cutremurul s-a produs în c
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Cutremur de 6,5 grade în Indonezia. Sistemele de comunicații s-au defe ... Fri, 12 Feb 2016 21:21:00 +0100.

Un cutremur de 6,5 grade a lovit estul Indoneziei, vineri. În urma seismului, sistemele de comunicații pe insulă s-au defectat, conform Arab News. Nu există informații despre răniți sau pagube materiale, din cauza problemelor cu comunicații
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زلزال عنيف يضرب أندونيسياFri, 12 Feb 2016 21:14:00 +0100.

أعلنت هيئة المسح الجيولوجي الامريكية أن زلزالا بلغت قوته 6.3 درجة على مقياس ريشتر ضرب الكيلو 2 جنوب لاهيهاجالانج في اندونيسيا مساء اليوم الجمعة، وتم تحديد مركز الزلزال الذي وقع على عمق 28.0 كيلومتر مبدئيا عن التقاء دائرة العرض 9.7443 درجة ج
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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), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),