M 5.3 in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of on 09 Sep 2016 00:30 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 1093580
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 0 Km
Lat/Lon: 41.3229 , 128.9866
Event Date: 09 Sep 2016 00:30 UTC
09 Sep 2016 09:00 Local
Exposed Population:
2195142 people within 100km
Inserted at: 09 Sep 2016 00:48 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006n8a 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: 265 | About casualties: 9 | Last hour: 0

VYOMBO VYA HABARI HAVIKUTOA KIPAUMBELE KIMBUNGA CHA KAGERATue, 13 Sep 2016 00:18:00 +0200.

Tatizo la Tz media ndio tabu, unakuta mwakilishi wa vyombo vya habari aliyeko uko ni mtu wa kule ambaye ana vitendea kazi wala pesa ya mafuta kufika kwenye matukio, akipata bahati anadandia lift kwenda na kurudi hana kamera nzuri wala sio m
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La Lune pourrait avoir une influence sur les séismesMon, 12 Sep 2016 23:47:00 +0200.

Trois semaines après le violent séisme qui a frappé le centre de l'Italie faisant 295 morts, voilà une étude qui pourrait peut-être sauver des vies. Selon des chercheurs japonais, les violents séismes seraient plus susceptibles de se produi
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Could 'the Big One' be triggered by a FULL MOON? Shock claims on catas ... Mon, 12 Sep 2016 23:22:00 +0200.

GETTY FILE PICTURE Tom Parfitt Experts fear a horrific earthquake could be triggered by a full moon A new study says catastrophic megaquakes are more likely during unusually high tides which occur during full and new moons. Top researchers
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La Lune pourrait avoir une influence sur les séismesMon, 12 Sep 2016 23:03:00 +0200.

"Des liens entre la force des marées et les tremblements de terre". Selon les chercheurs japonais à l'origine des travaux, l'étude des marées dans les régions sismiques pourrait donc aider à évaluer les risques. Les forces d'attraction grav
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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), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),