M 4.7 Off-shore on 20 Sep 2016 20:06 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 1094329
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 27.07 Km
Lat/Lon: 30.5894 , 142.6808
Event Date: 20 Sep 2016 20:06 UTC
21 Sep 2016 06:06 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 Sep 2016 22:03 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006r70 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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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 1101 | About casualties: 37 | Last hour: 0

El terremoto de magnitud 7,8 de abril dejó 41 huérfanos en EcuadorSat, 24 Sep 2016 19:44:00 +0200.

El presidente de Ecuador, Rafael Correa, informó hoy de que el terremoto de magnitud 7,8 que el pasado 16 de abril asoló varias zonas del norte de la costa del país dejó un total de 41 huérfanos. "Tenemos 41 huérfanos, que perdieron papá y
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Clinical specialist Ryan Spill treats Haitian earthquake victims, seek ... Sat, 24 Sep 2016 19:08:00 +0200.

CINCINNATI — Ryan Spill woke up early, got out of bed and made his way to the balcony of the two-story Haitian house. He thought he was prepared for what would come. As he looked outside, he realized he had no idea. People lined the street,
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Earthquake shake ChipingeSat, 24 Sep 2016 19:05:00 +0200.

Residents in Chipinge and surrounding areas were on Thursday night awoken by tremors after an earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale hit Mozambique. The earthquake, according to US Geological Survey (USGS), occurred at a depth of 10k
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Magnitude 5.6 quake hits eastern Romania as seismic activity on riseSat, 24 Sep 2016 18:36:00 +0200.

A 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck Romania's eastern county of Vrancea on Saturday morning, said the National Institute for Earth Physics. It was the strongest earthquake in some two years since a 5.7-magnitude earthquake hit the country on
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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),