M 5.1 Off-shore on 18 Mar 2016 14:12 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 1082744
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 34.72 Km
Lat/Lon: 28.9015 , 143.0875
Event Date: 18 Mar 2016 14:12 UTC
19 Mar 2016 00:12 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 Mar 2016 14:33 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  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 462 | About casualties: 20 | Last hour: 0

Höchste Warnstufe - Sorge vor weiteren Terror-AnschlägenTue, 22 Mar 2016 13:53:00 +0100.

Brüssel - Die belgischen Behörden haben die Terrorwarnstufe für Brüssel auf das höchste Niveau angehoben. Damit sehen die Behörden eine „sehr ernste“ Bedrohung durch unmittelbar bevorstehende Anschläge. Das war zuletzt im November 2015 der
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Facebook activa el 'Safety Check' tras los atentados en el aeropuerto ... Tue, 22 Mar 2016 13:52:00 +0100.

Esta herramienta ya fue activada tras los atentados de París en noviembre de 2015 "para que la gente de allí pudiese hacer saber a sus amigos y familiares que estaban bien durante los eventos terroríficos que tuvieron lugar" debido a la "gr
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300 Schools To Stage Earthquake DrillsTue, 22 Mar 2016 13:43:00 +0100.

Director of Safety and Security in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Coleridge Minto, provides details about the ‘Drop, Cover, Hold’ (DCH) earthquake simulation exercise to be undert
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Nach zahlreichen Übergriffen von Sicherheitsangestellten in ...Tue, 22 Mar 2016 13:38:00 +0100.

Erhalten Sie täglich um 10.00 Uhr die wichtigsten Meldungen sowie die ersten Aktienkurse direkt von der Börse. Nach zahlreichen Übergriffen von Sicherheitsangestellten in Flüchtlingsheimen ist zwischen den Beteiligten Streit über die Schul
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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), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),