M 5.3 Off-shore on 05 Sep 2016 02:35 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 1093334
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 15.59 Km
Lat/Lon: -54.8749 , -118.9916
Event Date: 05 Sep 2016 02:35 UTC
04 Sep 2016 18:35 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 05 Sep 2016 03:48 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006kfa 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: 646 | About casualties: 15 | Last hour: 0

Earthquake in Australia: Strong 6.3 magnitude quack strikes off Austra ... Fri, 09 Sep 2016 02:29:00 +0200.

A strong 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck today southwest of remote Macquarie Island where Australia maintains a small Antarctic base, officials said, but no injuries or damage were reported. Sydney, Sep 9: A strong 6.3 magnitude earthquake
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Strong 6.3-magnitude quake strikes off Australian Antarctic baseFri, 09 Sep 2016 02:26:00 +0200.

SYDNEY: A strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck on Friday (Sep 9) southwest of remote Macquarie Island where Australia maintains a small Antarctic base, officials said, but no injuries or damage were reported. The tremor hit at a depth of
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En máximo 4 meses empezará a construirse puente de av. De las AméricasFri, 09 Sep 2016 02:06:00 +0200.

El nuevo paso vehicular elevado que sustituirá al derruido durante el terremoto del 16 de abril pasado en la av. De las Américas, en Guayaquil, tiene 120 días de plazo para su ejecución a partir de este jueves. El consorcio Paso Av. América
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'Ghost' 5.3 Otago earthquake was caused by separate eventFri, 09 Sep 2016 01:36:00 +0200.

Otago has been "hit" by a phantom earthquake. Geonet issued an alert for a severe 5.3 quake 30km southeast of Roxburgh but removed the report after a separate event was recorded halfway to Antarctica. The actual earthquake occurred near Ma
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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),