M 5.2 in Algeria on 28 May 2016 23:54 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 1087159
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 36.37 , 3.53
Event Date: 28 May 2016 23:54 UTC
29 May 2016 00:54 Local
Exposed Population:
8325184 people within 100km
Inserted at: 29 May 2016 08:21 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0.4 0.4
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=509181 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: 332 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 0

فوز ريفي لا يُستثمر رئاسياً - ابتسام شديدWed, 01 Jun 2016 23:29:00 +0200.

في حصيلة الانتخابات البلدية تظهر الخلاصة والغوص في الرابحين والخاسرين ان هذه الانتخابات كانت اشبه بالهمروجة التي اختلطت فيها الامور وضاعت البوصلة وباستثناء مفاجأة أشرف ريفي في طرابلس الذي كان «سوبر ستار» او النجم بلا منازع في نتائج طرابلس ب
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Bei Kellinghusen ist ein Autofahrer ganz knapp einer ...Wed, 01 Jun 2016 23:12:00 +0200.

Meldung von de.msn.com: Eine gewaltige Flutwelle rauscht durch Simbach am Inn und hinterlässt eine Spur der Verwüstung . In Simbach reißt eine braune Flutwelle alles mit. Die Menschen in Niederbayern sind angesichts der Katastrophe verzweif
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America's Most Pristine Resource Trashed (PHOTOS)Wed, 01 Jun 2016 23:07:00 +0200.

Hawaii is often thought to be one of the most ecologically diverse and scenically beautiful states in the United States but a new aerial survey has found that many of the state's coastlines are plagued by plastic trash. According to an anal
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Hochwasser in Bayern – Drei Leichen von Tauchern geborgenWed, 01 Jun 2016 23:07:00 +0200.

Nach heftigem Regen war es in der Region zu zerstörerischen Überschwemmungen gekommen, zahlreiche Menschen wurden von den Wassermassen eingeschlossen und mussten auf Dächer flüchten. Flüsse und Bäche wälzten sich als reißende Flutwelle durc
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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), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),