M 5.3 in Samoa on 11 Mar 2016 21:56 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 1082293
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 20.59 Km
Lat/Lon: -15.1082 , -172.7073
Event Date: 11 Mar 2016 21:56 UTC
11 Mar 2016 09:56 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 11 Mar 2016 22:21 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: 521 | About casualties: 10 | Last hour: 0

NEMO Tsunami Simulation ExerciseTue, 15 Mar 2016 21:33:00 +0100.

The National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) will join the rest of the region this week in participating in the annual “CARIBE WAVE/Lantex 16 Simulation Exercise. A release from NEMO said it will host a one-day orientation exercise
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Handy with a sword? Good at climbing walls? Own a lot of ...Tue, 15 Mar 2016 21:32:00 +0100.

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Klage der Energieindustrie: Ist der Atomausstieg rechtens?Tue, 15 Mar 2016 21:19:00 +0100.

Im Frühjahr 2011 muss alles ganz schnell gehen. Im japanischen Fukushima ist nach einem schweren Erdbeben und einem Tsunami ein Atomreaktor außer Kontrolle – und in Deutschland stehen mehrere Landtagswahlen an. Die schwarz-gelbe Bundesregie
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Konzerne klagen gegen den Atomausstieg: „Eine tief politische Entschei ... Tue, 15 Mar 2016 20:16:00 +0100.

Aktenwust vor der Verhandlung in Karlsruhe. Foto: dpa. KARLSRUHE taz | Fünf Jahre nach dem Atomunfall von Fukushima verhandelt das Bundesverfassungsgericht über den 2011 beschleunigten Atomausstieg in Deutschland. Die Energieunternehmen hal
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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), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),