M 6.1 in Australia on 08 Sep 2016 21:46 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 1093568
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.1M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -54.6416 , 158.6036
Event Date: 08 Sep 2016 21:46 UTC
09 Sep 2016 08:46 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 08 Sep 2016 22:36 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006n6r 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: 414 | About casualties: 17 | Last hour: 0

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Could earthquakes be linked to the moon? 10 minutes agoMon, 12 Sep 2016 19:58:00 +0200.

Japanese researchers believe they may be closer to predicting an earthquake, but it hasn't come without criticism. Another study suggesting a link between tides and earthquakes is once again being debunked. After 20 years research of quakes
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Big quakes more likely during spring tides - studyMon, 12 Sep 2016 19:48:00 +0200.

Big earthquakes are more likely to strike at spring tides, when the moon is new or full, new research has found. And Ken Ring, the alternative weather predicter who faced widespread ridicule in 2011 for claiming he predicted the Christchurc
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (5), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),