M 5 in West Of Macquarie Island on 16 Mar 2016 09:13 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 1082595
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -55.7087 , 146.7441
Event Date: 16 Mar 2016 09:13 UTC
16 Mar 2016 19:13 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 16 Mar 2016 09:33 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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Latest media headlines

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6.0-magnitude earthquake hits Antigua and BarbudaSun, 20 Mar 2016 05:27:00 +0100.

By . | Publish Date: Mar 20 2016 5:00AM A 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of the Caribbean island nation of Antigua and Barbuda yesterday, US experts said, but caused no tsunami warning or immediate reports of damage or injury.
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6.0-magnitude earthquake hits Antigua and Barbuda: USGSSun, 20 Mar 2016 05:25:00 +0100.

A 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of the Caribbean island nation of Antigua and Barbuda Saturday, US experts said, but caused no tsunami warning or immediate reports of damage or injury.Getty Images. A 6.0-magnitude earthquake h
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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),