M 5.2 Off-shore on 28 Aug 2016 18:14 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 1092820
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -28.3537 , -176.3138
Event Date: 28 Aug 2016 18:14 UTC
28 Aug 2016 06:14 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 28 Aug 2016 18:45 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20006uur 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: 2028 | About casualties: 153 | Last hour: 0

El terremoto de Italia puede volver a ocurrir, también en EspañaThu, 01 Sep 2016 18:00:00 +0200.

MADRID, 1 Sep. (EUROPA PRESS) - El terremoto que ocurrió la madrugada del 23 de agosto en la región italiana de Rieti fue treinta veces mayor que el de Lorca y, aunque no son comparables, la zona afectada en los Apeninos "no es muy diferent
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Volunteer NGO founded during 1985 Mexico City quakeThu, 01 Sep 2016 17:53:00 +0200.

Rieti, September 1 - Mexican elite rescue team Topos Azteca (Aztec Moles) is on hand in the Lazio mountain village of Amatrice, which was leveled by a 6.2-magnitude earthquake that struck before dawn on August 24. The self-styled Internatio
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Starkes Erdbeben erschüttert NeuseelandThu, 01 Sep 2016 17:50:00 +0200.

Ein Erdbeben der Stärke 5,7 hat am Donnerstag tausende Einwohner der Nordinsel Neuseelands erschreckt. Die Behörden verzeichneten aber weder Schäden noch eine Tsunamigefahr. Das Zentrum lag rund nach Angaben der Erdbebenwarte GeoNet 100 Kil
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El terremoto de Italia fue 30 veces superior al de Lorca pero ambos pu ... Thu, 01 Sep 2016 17:45:00 +0200.

Según una investigación de José Martínez Díaz, del departamento de Geodinámica de la facultad de Ciencias Geológicas de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), "un evento como este puede repetirse en Italia e incluso en España" porque a
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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),