M 5 Off-shore on 01 Sep 2016 19:48 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 1093094
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -37.516 , 179.3168
Event Date: 01 Sep 2016 19:48 UTC
02 Sep 2016 07:48 Local
Exposed Population:
About 212 people within 100km
Inserted at: 01 Sep 2016 20:21 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006jfq 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: 658 | About casualties: 9 | Last hour: 0

Earthquake rumbles Alabama-Mississippi state lineMon, 05 Sep 2016 19:29:00 +0200.

A small earthquake shook the Mississippi-Alabama state line early Monday (Sept. 5), the United States Geological Survey reported. The 2.6-magnitude temblor struck south of Aliceville, Ala., just before 3:30 a.m. The Clarion-Ledger in Jackso
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Robert Jones: Our infrastructure will struggle to keep up with demands ... Mon, 05 Sep 2016 19:27:00 +0200.

By 2045, another 1.2 million people will live in New Zealand. It is time to rethink how we build and maintain the infrastructure networks on which we all rely. The futurist Alvin Toffler coined the phrase 'future shock' nearly 50 years ago
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Italy: Coordination during disasters saves livesMon, 05 Sep 2016 19:20:00 +0200.

Effective coordination among health facilities and front-line responders has been crucial to saving lives in the aftermath of the earthquake that hit central Italy on 24 August 2016. This affirms the critical importance of preparedness and
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World: 24 countries taking part in tsunami drillMon, 05 Sep 2016 19:20:00 +0200.

By Brigitte Leoni. PORT VICTORIA, Seychelles, 5 September 2016 - Memories of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami which claimed some 230,000 lives, will be revived this week as 24 countries take part in one of the largest tsunami simulations ever
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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),