M 5.3 in Samoa on 26 Mar 2016 16:18 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 1083196
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 24.77 Km
Lat/Lon: -14.5954 , -173.7788
Event Date: 26 Mar 2016 16:18 UTC
26 Mar 2016 04:18 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 26 Mar 2016 16:39 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: 182 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Buzdan duvara onay çıktıWed, 30 Mar 2016 15:53:00 +0200.

Japonya, beş yıl önceki deprem ve tsunami felaketinde ağır hasar gören Fukuşima Nükleer Santrali'nin çevresine yer altında buzdan bir bariyer yerleştirmeye hazırlanıyor. Yetkililer, inşaatı geçen ay tamamlanan dondurucu yapının devreye sok
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Fukuşima’nın altına buzdan duvar örülecekWed, 30 Mar 2016 15:52:00 +0200.

Japonya, beş yıl önceki deprem ve tsunami felaketinde ağır hasar gören Fukuşima Nükleer Santrali’nin çevresine yer altında buzdan bir bariyer yerleştirmeye hazırlanıyor. Japonya, beş yıl önceki deprem ve tsunami felaketinde ağır hasar gören
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Marczuk dla money.pl: Fundusz Rezerwy Demograficznej - rozbudować albo ... Wed, 30 Mar 2016 15:21:00 +0200.

Wiceminister pracy Bartosz Marczuk powiedział w programie #dziejesienazywo, że środki w Funduszu Rezerwy Demograficznej są tak niskie, że należałoby się zastanowić, czy nie lepiej ich zainwestować gdzie indziej. - Gdybym ja miał podjąć taką
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Japón reciclará material de la accidentada central nuclear de Fukushim ... Wed, 30 Mar 2016 14:53:00 +0200.

El Ejecutivo planea almacenar estos residuos recogidos de la zona afectada por la radiación de la central y utilizarlo como material de construcción en otros lugares fuera de esta prefectura del noreste de Japón dentro de 30 años, informó h
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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),