M 4.9 Off-shore on 18 Aug 2016 16:54 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 1092097
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -27.7691 , -176.2306
Event Date: 18 Aug 2016 16:54 UTC
18 Aug 2016 04:54 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 Aug 2016 18:15 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006esd 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: 872 | About casualties: 16 | Last hour: 0

Tifón Mindulle cierra torre de control en aeropuerto TokioMon, 22 Aug 2016 16:55:00 +0200.

Los fuertes vientos del tifón Mindulle obligaron el lunes a los controladores aéreos a abandonar la torre del aeropuerto internacional Narita, paralizando temporalmente todas las operaciones en uno de los dos principales aeródromos de Tokio
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زلزال بقوة 5.2 درجة يضرب الساحل الشمالي الشرقي لليابانMon, 22 Aug 2016 16:37:00 +0200.

طوكيو ـ سبأ : ضرب زلزال بلغت قوته 5.2 درجة على مقياس ريختر اليوم الساحل الشمالي الشرقي لليابان. ولم يصدر أي تحذير عن احتمال حدوث موجات مد عاتية /تسونامي/، وفقا لهيئة الأرصاد الجوية اليابانية، كما لم ترد تقارير عن وقوع خسائر بشرية وأضرار ماد
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Typhoon Winds Close Control Tower at Tokyo's Narita AirportMon, 22 Aug 2016 16:11:00 +0200.

TOKYO — Strong winds from a typhoon forced air traffic controllers to temporarily abandon the control tower at Narita International Airport on Monday, shutting down one of Tokyo's two main airports for about an hour. Hundreds of domestic fl
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Viral letter indicts national media over response to Louisiana floodin ... Mon, 22 Aug 2016 16:02:00 +0200.

Dear CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, ABC News, CBS News, Good Morning America, the Today Show and whatever other news organizations professing to employ people who refer to themselves as Journalists: cc: all Facebook Friends (as promised) FYI There i
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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.
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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),