M 4.6 Off-shore on 28 Aug 2016 00:31 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 1092777
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 151.65 Km
Lat/Lon: -33.7227 , -179.2386
Event Date: 28 Aug 2016 00:31 UTC
27 Aug 2016 12:31 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 28 Aug 2016 01:21 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC n.a n.a
us20006upx 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: 413 | About casualties: 44 | Last hour: 0

9 die in flooded nursing home as storm pounds JapanThu, 01 Sep 2016 00:11:00 +0200.

TOKYO • Surging flood waters and mud brought by a powerful tropical storm killed nine people in an elderly care home in northern Japan, after the third storm in two weeks ripped through the country. The bodies were discovered in a riverside
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Más de 260 llamadas al 112 por el seísmo de 3,5 grados en San RoqueWed, 31 Aug 2016 23:59:00 +0200.

CÁDIZ, 31 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) - Un terremoto de 3,5 grados de magnitud se ha registrado a las 21,02 horas de este miércoles con epicentro al noroeste del municipio gaditano de San Roque, siendo sentido en otras localidades de esta comarca d
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Deja decena de muertos tifón en JapónWed, 31 Aug 2016 23:59:00 +0200.

La poderosa tormenta llegó en la víspera a la costa nororiental de la isla de Honshu, el mayor archipiélago nipón, convirtiéndose en la primera vez desde 1951 que un tifón hace hace este recorrido. A su pasó provocó lluvias torrenciales, de
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سلة بري... الجوهرة السوداء ام القنبلة ؟Wed, 31 Aug 2016 23:55:00 +0200.

رجل المهمات السرية والمعقدة توماس شينون اليوم في بيروت. هل سيقول للبنانيين «السلة او الفوضى»، على غرار ما قاله زميل اميركي له هو ريتشارد مورفي «الضاهر او الفوضى»؟ لو كان الديبلوماسي العريق على دراية بالامزجة السياسية للبنانيين لقال «الفوضى
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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), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),