M 5 in Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge on 21 Feb 2016 02:26 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 1081042
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 4.5011 , -32.6381
Event Date: 21 Feb 2016 02:26 UTC
21 Feb 2016 00:26 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Feb 2016 02:51 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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 718 | About casualties: 61 | Last hour: 0

Severe weather kills 6 in Louisiana, Mississippi and VirginiaThu, 25 Feb 2016 01:44:00 +0100.

"It was like a big ball of fire," he said, adding that the storm debris headed directly at the car. The sedan suddenly left the ground. "The wind picked the car up and dropped us down," he said. "All I could do was hold on tight, tell my un
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الكويت.. أكثر من نصف قرن من النمو والتطور والازدهارThu, 25 Feb 2016 01:19:00 +0100.

تحتفي دولة الكويت الشقيقة اليوم الخميس، بالذكرى الخامسة والخمسين لاستقلالها، والذكرى الخامسة والعشرين على التحرير. ومرت الكويت منذ إعلان الاستقلال حتى الآن بمراحل تطور وتنمية هائلة سعت من خلالها إلى تحقيق أعلى المراكز بين صفوف الدول المتقدم
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New tornado warning issued for Raleigh as storms move throughThu, 25 Feb 2016 00:58:00 +0100.

Two waves of thunderstorms bearing high winds, heavy rain and repeated reports of funnel clouds kept much of the Triangle on high alert Wednesday. Some schools closed early, while others kept students inside late, worried about releasing th
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Storm kills 3 in Virginia day after Gulf Coast tornadoesThu, 25 Feb 2016 00:55:00 +0100.

RICHMOND, Va. - Violent thunderstorms and damaging winds lashed the U.S. Southeast and mid-Atlantic region on Wednesday, killing at least three people in Virginia a day after tornadoes claimed three lives along the Gulf Coast, authorities s
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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.
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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),