M 4.6 in Virgin Islands, British on 27 Aug 2016 09:29 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 1092738
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 12.78 Km
Lat/Lon: 19.2355 , -64.6688
Event Date: 27 Aug 2016 09:29 UTC
27 Aug 2016 05:29 Local
Exposed Population:
About 33642 people within 100km
Inserted at: 27 Aug 2016 09:48 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20006ui6 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 604 | About casualties: 44 | Last hour: 0

Nine killed in old people's home as typhoon hits JapanWed, 31 Aug 2016 09:27:00 +0200.

Nine people have been killed at an old people's home in Japan and more than 1,000 forced to flee their homes as a typhoon swept across the country. Police found the nine bodies in the nursing home in the town of Iwaizumi on Wednesday but it
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Kenya: Training Course on Early Warning SystemsWed, 31 Aug 2016 09:27:00 +0200.

INTRODUCTION. Disaster risk within a country has its roots in development decisions that do not adequately address disaster concerns, and the resulting disasters are coming at the cost of development and poverty reduction. By not considerin
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Tifón Lionrock causa al menos 9 muertos en JapónWed, 31 Aug 2016 09:26:00 +0200.

TOKIO.Al menos nueve ancianos fallecieron el miércoles en el asilo donde residían en el norte de Japón por inundaciones provocadas por las fuertes lluvias que descargó el tifón Lionrock en la zona. Los cuerpos de los nueve residentes fueron
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Tifone devasta il Giappone, nove morti nella residenza per anziani inv ... Wed, 31 Aug 2016 09:25:00 +0200.

Nove persone sono state ritrovate morte in una residenza per anziani nella località giapponese di Iwaizumi, nel nord del Paese, poche ore dopo il passaggio nella zona del tifone "Lionrock": lo hanno reso noto fonti della polizia locale. Sec
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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), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),