M 5.3 Off-shore on 02 Sep 2016 06:48 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 1093123
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 33.47 Km
Lat/Lon: -55.2686 , -30.7457
Event Date: 02 Sep 2016 06:48 UTC
02 Sep 2016 04:48 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 02 Sep 2016 07:09 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006jka 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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 626 | About casualties: 9 | Last hour: 0

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El terremoto afectó al hospital Monseñor SanabriaTue, 06 Sep 2016 06:31:00 +0200.

Hace cuatro años la Caja de Seguro Social anunció un nuevo hospital para los puntarenenses luego del terremoto que afectó la vieja estructura. Hoy ni siquiera se han visto los planos. Además de estos problemas edilicios, el hospital tiene f
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Earthquake reported near Aliceville, AlabamaTue, 06 Sep 2016 06:17:00 +0200.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) A small earthquake rattled the ground near the Alabama-Mississippi border. The U.S. Geological Survey reports the 2.6 magnitude earthquake occurred shortly after 3 a.m. Monday morning. The quake was centered about 12 m
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Oklahoma earthquake raises the question of earthquake insurance in the ... Tue, 06 Sep 2016 06:05:00 +0200.

ST. LOUIS (KTVI) - Could it happen here? How would you pay for earthquake damage to your home? Gary Silverman is an independent insurance agent and broker in Chesterfield. “Earthquake coverage is not a part of most homeowner’s policies,” sa
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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),