M 5.1 in Southwest Of Sumatera, Indonesia on 02 Mar 2016 15:12 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 1081729
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 16.42 Km
Lat/Lon: -4.5031 , 94.3627
Event Date: 02 Mar 2016 15:12 UTC
02 Mar 2016 21:12 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 02 Mar 2016 15:33 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 1414 | About casualties: 32 | Last hour: 0

Desvalijaron una casa y un tambo en CandiotiSun, 06 Mar 2016 14:54:00 +0100.

Una casa de familia y un establecimiento agropecuario de Gobernador Candioti fueron saqueados en la última semana. Los delincuentes habrían aprovechado la noche de la tormenta para cometer uno de los robos. Fuentes policiales confirmaron es
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Japón inicia los homenajes a las víctimas del terremoto de 2011Sun, 06 Mar 2016 14:46:00 +0100.

El 11 de marzo se cumplen 5 años del terremoto y el tsunami que devastaron el noreste de Japón. Una tragedia que costó 18.000 vidas y que dañó gravemente la central nuclear de Fukushima. Miles de personas fueron evacuadas debido a la radiac
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Fukushima: tristes touristes dans une zone de non-droitSun, 06 Mar 2016 14:33:00 +0100.

"A part Tchernobyl, il n'y a pas d'autre lieu au monde que Fukushima pour voir l'horreur d'un accident nucléaire", se désole Shinichi Niitsuma, reconverti en guide touristique dans la zone sinistrée du nord-est du Japon. Alors que les Japon
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Tokyo, la un pas de catastrofă nucleară în 2011Sun, 06 Mar 2016 14:32:00 +0100.

Tokyo a fost la un pas de catastrofă nucleară în urmă cu cinci ani din cauza dezastrului de la Fukushima. Este mărturia premierului japonez de atunci, care a declarat pentru publicaţia britanică The Telegraph că a fost la un pas de a evacua
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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),