M 6.1 Off-shore on 21 Jun 2016 16:26 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 1088560
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.1M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 22.6614 , -45.1327
Event Date: 21 Jun 2016 16:26 UTC
21 Jun 2016 13:26 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Jun 2016 21:51 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us200065s1 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: 378 | About casualties: 10 | Last hour: 0

Land Around the Infamous San Andreas Fault Is on the MoveSat, 25 Jun 2016 14:39:00 +0200.

, which was published this week in the journal Nature Geoscience , found large-scale motion in the fault that had not previously been documented. Researchers used a GPS array installed along the fault by the Plate Boundary Observatory . Sin
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Pope Francis has lunch at Our Lady of Armenia convent and orphanageSat, 25 Jun 2016 13:35:00 +0200.

– Following celebration of Holy Mass in Vartanants Square on Saturday morning, Pope Francis visited the convent and orphanage of Our Lady of Armenia – Boghossian Education Centre for lunch with around 60 hungry youngsters. The orphanage is
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14:10 MARMARA DENİZİ'NDE DEPREM!Sat, 25 Jun 2016 13:19:00 +0200.

İstanbul güne depremle uyandı. İstanbul'da saat 08:40 civarında deprem oldu. Kandilli Rasathanesi depremin Marmara Denizi Yalovaaçıklarında meydana geldiğini büyüklüğünün ise 4.4 olduğunu açıkladı. Hissedilen deprem paniğe neden oldu. 10 DA
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Yeni Safak: Two consecutive quakes jolt Turkey; no casualtiesSat, 25 Jun 2016 12:37:00 +0200.

Istanbul. A 3-magnitude earthquake struck the eastern Marmara Sea at 08:30 am on Saturday morning, according to reports, Yeni Safak writes. The tremor was centered about 9 km below the surface, according to theKandilli Observatory and Earth
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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 (4), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),