M 5.3 Off-shore on 01 Sep 2016 17:08 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 1093084
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -37.1965 , 179.2828
Event Date: 01 Sep 2016 17:08 UTC
02 Sep 2016 05:08 Local
Exposed Population:
Few people within 100km
Inserted at: 01 Sep 2016 18:09 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006jdb 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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 988 | About casualties: 25 | Last hour: 0

ECUADOR: Sismo 4,6 grados deja seis heridos y algunos edificios dañado ... Mon, 05 Sep 2016 16:46:00 +0200.

QUITO.- Seis personas sufrieron heridas leves y 45 edificios presentan daños menores tras el sismo de 4,6 grados de magnitud en la escala abierta de Richter que sacudió esta noche Quito, informó el alcalde de la ciudad, Mauricio Rodas. Tres
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Small earthquake rattles some Mississippi, Alabama residentsMon, 05 Sep 2016 16:44:00 +0200.

SCOOBA, MS (Mississippi News Now) - A small earthquake rattled some residents along the Mississippi/Alabama state line early Monday morning. A 2.6 magnitude earthquake, centered in Alabama, but just east of Scooba, Mississippi shook residen
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12 Louisiana names, phrases that are always pronounced wrongMon, 05 Sep 2016 16:44:00 +0200.

LOUISIANA - One of the many things Louisiana is known for is its unique names and phrases. But sometimes it seems like people never know the right way to say things. Luckily, Onlyinyourstate.com has created a guide for anyone who might be s
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Apoyo unánime de la Cámara foral con la memoria histórica y el reconoc ... Mon, 05 Sep 2016 16:44:00 +0200.

El Parlamento foral aprueba una declaración por la que muestra su apoyo a las víctimas del terrorismo La Junta de Portavoces del Parlamento de Navarra ha aprobado dos puntos de una declaración institucional por la que la Cámara foral muestr
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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),