M 5.5 in Timor-Leste on 03 Mar 2016 08:36 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 1081771
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 28.83 Km
Lat/Lon: -9.7463 , 125.3111
Event Date: 03 Mar 2016 08:36 UTC
03 Mar 2016 16:36 Local
Exposed Population:
813685 people within 100km
Inserted at: 03 Mar 2016 09:27 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.6 0.6
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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Meteo assessment
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 586 | About casualties: 7 | Last hour: 0

Die Atomruine Fukushima 5 Jahre danachMon, 07 Mar 2016 08:22:00 +0100.

Fukushima. Zerborstene Betonplatten, grotesk verbogene Stahlstreben, dazwischen ein Kran, der Trümmer aus dem Bereich abgebrannter Brennstäbe beseitigt. Der Anblick des Reaktorgebäudes 3 im Atomkraftwerk Fukushima Daiichi lässt das Chaos er
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FIVE YEARS AFTER: Photo found after tsunami poignant reminder of coupl ... Mon, 07 Mar 2016 07:54:00 +0100.

MINAMI-SANRIKU, Miyagi Prefecture--About a month after the March 2011 tsunami, Kiyokazu Kawatani found himself sifting through the rubble and debris left behind by the massive wave in this coastal area Tohoku town. Stuck in the muck was a p
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Fukushima, miles personas sin hogar cinco años despuésMon, 07 Mar 2016 07:39:00 +0100.

Miles de los evacuados por el tsunami que arrasó el nordeste de Japón en marzo de 2011 continuarán sin poder regresar a sus hogares incluso una década después de la catástrofe, han informado las autoridades locales afectadas. Unas 59.000 pe
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Nashville Church of Scientology Commemorates World Civil Defense Day W ... Mon, 07 Mar 2016 07:22:00 +0100.

NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The Nashville Church of Scientology marked World Civil Defense Day March 1 by hosting a workshop where emergency management experts shared their skill and experience with those attending. Phot
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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.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),