M 5.3 in Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge on 09 Feb 2016 07:19 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 1080277
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 28.3445 , -43.6609
Event Date: 09 Feb 2016 07:19 UTC
09 Feb 2016 04:19 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 09 Feb 2016 07:54 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  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 353 | About casualties: 7 | Last hour: 0

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9 DE CADA 10 DESASTRES NATURALES ESTÁN RELACIONADOS CON EL CAMBIO CLIM ... Sat, 13 Feb 2016 05:48:00 +0100.

Nueve de diez desastres naturales están relacionados con el cambio climático Ginebra, 11 feb (EFE).- Nueve de cada diez desastres naturales están relacionado con el cambio climático, según los datos presentados hoy por la Oficina de la ONU
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Quake hits eastern Indonesia island, no casualties reportedSat, 13 Feb 2016 05:36:00 +0100.

JAKARTA - A strong earthquake near an eastern Indonesian island knocked out telephone, radio communications and roads late on Friday, but there were no reported casualties, local residents and a government official said on Saturday. The U.S
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Quake hits eastern Indonesia island, no casualties reportedSat, 13 Feb 2016 05:29:00 +0100.

JAKARTA (Reuters) - A strong earthquake near an eastern Indonesian island knocked out telephone, radio communications and roads late on Friday, but there were no reported casualties, local residents and a government official said on Saturda
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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),