M 5.2 Off-shore on 19 Aug 2016 08:21 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 1092137
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -55.3003 , -31.2516
Event Date: 19 Aug 2016 08:21 UTC
19 Aug 2016 06:21 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 19 Aug 2016 08:39 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006eyg Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 887 | About casualties: 16 | Last hour: 0

Typhon: un mort après le passage de Mindulle dans l'est du JaponTue, 23 Aug 2016 07:59:00 +0200.

Un train a déraillé le 22 août 2016 suite à un glissement de terrain, à Higashimurayama (ouest de Tokyo), conséquence du passage du typhon MindulleJIJI PRESS. Le typhon Mindulle, neuvième de la saison en Asie, a provoqué quelques dégâts da
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فيضان "العسل الأسود" القاتل الذي ضرب مدينة بوسطن الأمريكيةTue, 23 Aug 2016 07:55:00 +0200.

Image copyright Public Domail . Wikipedia. شارك قبل نحو مئة عام، اجتاحت موجة عاتية من "دبس السكر"، الذي يُعرف أيضاً باسم "العسل الأسود"، أحد أحياء مدينة بوسطن الأمريكية. في السطور القادمة؛ تبحث (بي بي سي فيوتشر) في عيوب التصميم التي قادت لح
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UN takes blame for 2010 Haiti cholera outbreakTue, 23 Aug 2016 07:48:00 +0200.

NEW YORK, United States--The United Nations (UN) has finally acknowledged that it played a role in an outbreak of cholera in Haiti in 2010 that has since killed about 10,000 people and continues to sicken thousands every year. The deadly ch
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Typhon: un mort après le passage de Mindulle dans l'est du JaponTue, 23 Aug 2016 07:45:00 +0200.

Le typhon Mindulle, neuvième de la saison en Asie, a provoqué quelques dégâts dans la partie est du Japon et fait un mort et plus de 60 blessés, selon les décomptes de la chaîne publique nippone NHK. Arrivé lundi matin sur le sud-est du Jap
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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),