M 4.8 in Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge on 20 Feb 2016 12:48 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 1081003
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 4.5349 , -32.6893
Event Date: 20 Feb 2016 12:48 UTC
20 Feb 2016 10:48 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 Feb 2016 13:39 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: 685 | About casualties: 45 | Last hour: 0

La escasa mano de obra debilita la recuperación de Japón tras el tsuna ... Wed, 24 Feb 2016 12:25:00 +0100.

TOKIO.- La creciente escasez de mano de obra en el área noreste de Japón golpeada por el tsunami de 2011 está minando su recuperación económica cinco años después de la tragedia, según dijo el miércoles un académico de la principal universi
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Tornadoes kill 3, injure dozens in Louisiana, MississippiWed, 24 Feb 2016 11:47:00 +0100.

Hardest hit in Louisiana was the Mississippi River hamlet of Convent, where 90 percent of the estimated 160 mobile homes at the Sugar Hill trailer park were demolished, state police superintendent Colonel Mike Edmonson told a news conferenc
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Storms, Tornadoes In US Claim At Least 43 LivesWed, 24 Feb 2016 11:29:00 +0100.

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Severe weather, triggered by flash floods, storms and tornadoes, has claimed at least 43 lives across seven states in the U.S. si
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La Terra è stata colpita da una meteora luminosa molto grande.Wed, 24 Feb 2016 11:23:00 +0100.

(Di mercoledì 24 febbraio 2016) La Terra è stata colpita da una meteora luminosa molto grande . L’evento è stato registrato dalla Nasa. Il bolide è esploso sopra l’oceano Atlantico, a circa mille chilometri dalla costa del Brasile, lo scors
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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),