M 4.6 in Virgin Islands, British on 28 Feb 2016 08:25 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 1081525
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 22.739 , -63.3288
Event Date: 28 Feb 2016 08:25 UTC
28 Feb 2016 04:25 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 28 Feb 2016 08:53 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: 400 | About casualties: 7 | Last hour: 0

Tsunamiwarnungen nach Beben aufgehobenThu, 03 Mar 2016 08:17:00 +0100.

Ein schweres Erdbeben vor der Küste Sumatras erschütterte die indonesische Insel. Eine kurzzeitige Tsunamiwarnung versetzte die Menschen in Panik, der Verkehr brach zusammen. Todesopfer wurden bislang nicht gemeldet. Bei einem Seebeben vor
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Rescuers check remote Indonesian islands after quakeThu, 03 Mar 2016 08:13:00 +0100.

PADANG — A ship carrying military personnel and search and rescue officials was dispatched Thursday (March 3) to check on remote island communities in western Indonesia a day after a powerful earthquake, as strong aftershocks rattled the re
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هزات ارتدادية تضرب إندونيسيا بعد زلزال قويThu, 03 Mar 2016 08:12:00 +0100.

شهدت إندونيسيا هزات ارتدادية، اليوم الخميس، في أعقاب زلزال قوي تحت البحر أثار مخاوف من كارثة في المنطقة على غرار زلزال عام 2004 في المحيط الهندي، الذي أعقبه تسونامي قتل أكثر من 200 ألف. وقالت هيئة الأرصاد الوطنية - حسبما افادت هيئة الاذاعة
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Власти Индонезии сообщили о жертвах в результате подземных толчков маг ... Thu, 03 Mar 2016 08:10:00 +0100.

A A Власти Индонезии сообщили о жертвах в результате землетрясения магнитудой 7,8 у побережья Суматры. Точное их число пока не установлено. В среду Национальное метеорологическое агентство предупредило о возможности цунами на западе и север
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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), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),