M 5.9 Off-shore on 06 Jul 2016 01:01 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 1089413
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -56.8016 , -142.1336
Event Date: 06 Jul 2016 01:01 UTC
05 Jul 2016 16:01 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 06 Jul 2016 04:00 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006153 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: 673 | About casualties: 20 | Last hour: 0

Rafael Correa subastará obsequios personales para ayudar a víctimas de ... Sun, 10 Jul 2016 00:09:00 +0200.

El presidente ecuatoriano, Rafael Correa, anunció hoy que pondrá en subasta una nueva colección de objetos obsequiados a él en varios viajes al exterior, recaudación que servirá para apoyar obras solidarias, especialmente para ayudar a los
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BOREHOLE: Earthquake fear in Nigeria is unfounded —Uzoma, BODAN bossSat, 09 Jul 2016 23:19:00 +0200.

By Funmi Olasupo. F ollowing the claim that borehole drilling could rigger earthquake in the country, President, Borehole Drillers Association of Nigeria, BODAN, Mr. Francis Uzoma, a geologist, in this interview, says it is untrue. For how
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BOREHOLE: Earthquake fear in Nigeria is unfounded —Uzoma, BODAN bossSat, 09 Jul 2016 22:17:00 +0200.

By Funmi Olasupo. F ollowing the claim that borehole drilling could rigger earthquake in the country, President, Borehole Drillers Association of Nigeria, BODAN, Mr. Francis Uzoma, a geologist, in this interview, says it is untrue. For how
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ABD Fukuşima Faciasından Sonra Okyanusa Sızan Radyasyonu Ölçmeye Çalış ... Sat, 09 Jul 2016 21:58:00 +0200.

2011 yılı Nisan ayında Japonya'da meydana gelen deprem ve tsunami felaketi, Fukuşima Daiçi nükleer santraline büyük hasar vermiş, çevreye yüksek miktarda radyasyon yayılmıştı. Radyasyonun bir kısmı doğrudan okyanus suyuna karışmıştı. Atmosf
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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),