M 4.9 Off-shore on 10 Aug 2016 23:23 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 1091628
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 59.02 Km
Lat/Lon: -20.676 , -175.2722
Event Date: 10 Aug 2016 23:23 UTC
11 Aug 2016 12:23 Local
Exposed Population:
About 84518 people within 100km
Inserted at: 11 Aug 2016 00:30 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006csr 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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 874 | About casualties: 41 | Last hour: 0

Police ID 8 Missing In Silver Spring Explosion; 4 Bodies FoundSun, 14 Aug 2016 23:14:00 +0200.

BALTIMORE (WJZ)– Authorities say a fourth body has been recovered following an apartment explosion in Silver Spring, Maryland earlier this week. In a new conference on Sunday, authorities released the names of eight people missing believed
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Ask Smithsonian: Can Animals Predict Earthquakes?Sun, 14 Aug 2016 20:39:00 +0200.

Our host, Eric Schulze, explains how science is tackling this puzzling question from space. (Still Image: sengulmurat/iStock) Ask Smithsonian: Can Animals Predict Earthquakes? Humans cling to the idea that the beasts of the field could help
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هل أمريكا فى طريقها للدمار؟Sun, 14 Aug 2016 20:08:00 +0200.

: شكرى رشدى. القاهرة - الأحد , 14 اغسطس 2016 - 07:58 مساءٍ تنبأ بعض العلماء بخطر كبير قد يصل بالولايات المتحدة للدمار.. أثبتت الدراسات التى أجراها الباحثون أنه ستقع هزة أرضية قوية فى ولاية كاليفورنيا بالمنطقة الجنوبية كسكاديا.. زلزال قوى وخ
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Fund to earthquake strengthen heritage buildings not enough: Councillo ... Sun, 14 Aug 2016 19:30:00 +0200.

Money to help with earthquake strengthening is a relief for some Wellington building owners, but it's not enough. This from councillor Iona Pannett following the release of a $12 million government fund to help private owners strengthen the
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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), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),