M 5.1 in Comoros on 21 Sep 2016 01:08 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 1094346
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -12.4971 , 43.2695
Event Date: 21 Sep 2016 01:08 UTC
21 Sep 2016 04:08 Local
Exposed Population:
300432 people within 100km
Inserted at: 21 Sep 2016 01:30 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006r9h 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: 466 | About casualties: 6 | Last hour: 0

Strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake hits off TongaSun, 25 Sep 2016 00:47:00 +0200.

A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake has struck off Tonga but there was no threat of a tsunami, US seismologists said. The offshore quake hit at 9.07am Sunday (7.07am AEST) and was centred around 124km northwest of Tonga, the US Geological S
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Sismo perto da ilha de Tonga 23:45Sun, 25 Sep 2016 00:47:00 +0200.

Um sismo de magnitude 6,3 na escala de Richter foi registado este sábado próximo de Tonga, uma ilha a norte da Nova Zelândia, mas sem ameaça de maremoto, anunciou o Centro de Alerta de Tsunami do Pacífico. O tremor de terra foi registado às
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Terremoto de magnitude 6,3 � registrado no Pac�fico, perto de TongaSun, 25 Sep 2016 00:46:00 +0200.

Um forte terremoto de magnitude 6,3 foi registrado no oceano Pac�fico, neste domingo (hora local), perto da ilha de Tonga - informaram especialistas, que j� descartaram o risco de tsunami. O sismo foi registrado �s 7h07 deste domingo (18h07
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Sismo de magnitude 6,8 registrado perto das Fiji, sem risco de tsunamiSun, 25 Sep 2016 00:44:00 +0200.

Um forte terremoto de magnitude 6,8 foi registrado neste domingo (horário local) cerca de 100 km ao nordeste das Ilhas Fiji, no oceano Pacífico, mas não há risco de tsunami. O sismo aconteceu às 9h28 locais (18h28 de sábado, no horário de B
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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), INFORM (2), USGS (2),