M 5.4 Off-shore on 20 Sep 2016 01:31 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 1094253
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.4M
Depth: 14.66 Km
Lat/Lon: -30.9361 , 59.0029
Event Date: 20 Sep 2016 01:31 UTC
20 Sep 2016 05:31 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 Sep 2016 01:51 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006qye Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 448 | About casualties: 9 | Last hour: 0

Magnitude 6.3 quake shakes Philippines' Mindanao islandSat, 24 Sep 2016 03:53:00 +0200.

DAVAO, Philippines (Reuters) - A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck off the Philippine's Mindanao island on Saturday, sending hotel guests and construction workers running from buildings in Davao, but there were no immediate reports
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Magnitude 6.3 quake shakes Philippines' Mindanao islandSat, 24 Sep 2016 03:42:00 +0200.

DAVAO, Philippines (REUTERS) - A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck off the Philippine's Mindanao island on Saturday (Sept 24), sending hotel guests and construction workers running from buildings in Davao, but there were no immediat
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Magnitude 6.3 quake shakes Philippines' Mindanao islandSat, 24 Sep 2016 03:37:00 +0200.

DAVAO, Philippines (Reuters) - A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck off the Philippine's Mindanao island on Saturday, sending hotel guests and construction workers running from buildings in Davao, but there were no immediate reports
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Un sismo de 6.3 remeció el sur de FilipinasSat, 24 Sep 2016 03:31:00 +0200.

Un fuerte sismo de magnitud 6.3 remeció el sábado el sur de Filipinas , sin que en un primer momento se informe de víctimas ni de riesgos de tsunami. El epicentro del temblor se ubicó bajo el Océano Pacífico unos 100 km al sureste de Davao,
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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),