M 5.4 Off-shore on 29 Aug 2016 21:40 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 1092890
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.4M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -56.09 , -4.9303
Event Date: 29 Aug 2016 21:40 UTC
29 Aug 2016 21:40 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 29 Aug 2016 21:57 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20006v5r 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: 430 | About casualties: 9 | Last hour: 0

Dog pulled alive from the rubble more than a week after the earthquake ... Fri, 02 Sep 2016 21:28:00 +0200.

. Italian firefighters rescued a dog from the rubble of a collapsed building in Amatrice on Friday, more than a week after a 6.1 magnitude earthquake hit central Italy.
Séisme en Italie: l'humour selon Charlie Hebdo ne passe pas les AlpesFri, 02 Sep 2016 21:27:00 +0200.

Un dessin de Charlie Hebdo représentant les victimes du tremblement de terre en Italie comme des plats de pâtes et des lasagnes faites de cadavres suscite scandale et incompréhension dans le pays. "Penne sauce tomate, Penne gratinées, Lasag
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Séisme en Italie: l'humour selon Charlie Hebdo ne passe pas les AlpesFri, 02 Sep 2016 21:22:00 +0200.

Un dessin de Charlie Hebdo représentant les victimes du tremblement de terre en Italie comme des plats de pâtes et des lasagnes faites de cadavres suscite scandale et incompréhension dans le pays. "Penne sauce tomate, Penne gratinées, Lasag
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Viñeta de Charlie Hebdo sobre el terremoto genera indignación en Itali ... Fri, 02 Sep 2016 21:22:00 +0200.

"Cómo diablos hacen una viñeta sobre los muertos!", señaló el alcalde de una de las localidades más afectadas. La revista satírica Charlie Hebdo sumó una nueva polémica. Esto, luego de que publicara una viñeta en la que se resume el terrem
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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),