M 4.7 in Samoa on 27 Jul 2016 23:56 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 1090792
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 19.94 Km
Lat/Lon: -15.4436 , -173.1759
Event Date: 27 Jul 2016 23:56 UTC
27 Jul 2016 11:56 Local
Exposed Population:
About 1057 people within 100km
Inserted at: 28 Jul 2016 00:18 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us100067x9 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: 365 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Newsmaker: K J RameshSun, 31 Jul 2016 23:50:00 +0200.

Earthquakes can’t be predicted with precision but losses from other natural disasters which can be reduced with a clear early warning mechanism, something Ramesh will need to work on. Born on July 26, 1959, he was till now an advisor on atm
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Nubifragio a Milano, strade allagateSun, 31 Jul 2016 22:17:00 +0200.

(ANSA) - MILANO, 31 LUG - Strade e piazze allagate, alberi caduti, molti interventi dei vigili del fuoco: questo il primo bilancio di un forte temporale che si è abbattuto questa sera su Milano. Per ora non risultano - da quanto spiegato da
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La entrega de dos aulas para afectados por el terremoto se hizo con ma ... Sun, 31 Jul 2016 21:08:00 +0200.

Los 16 voluntarios de ocho países que participaron en la construcción de dos aulas escolares en la isla Luis Vargas Torres y Roberto Luis Cervantes de Esmeraldas , en la costa de Ecuador, las inauguraron a ritmo de marimba con los integrant
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توجيه التهمة الى شخصين على صلة بقتل الكاهن في فرنساSun, 31 Jul 2016 21:05:00 +0200.

القدس (أ ف ب) - 31/07/2016 - 14:33. مقتل فلسطيني بعد محاولته طعن جندي اسرائيلي (الجيش) واشنطن (أ ف ب) - 31/07/2016 - 10:51. اطلاق نار يوقع عدة ضحايا في ولاية تكساس الاميركية (شرطة) مقديشو (أ ف ب) - 31/07/2016 - 09:39. دوي انفجارات قوية في و
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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),