M 4.9 Off-shore on 23 Sep 2016 03:35 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 1094496
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -55.0213 , -31.3344
Event Date: 23 Sep 2016 03:35 UTC
23 Sep 2016 01:35 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 Sep 2016 04:33 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006rus 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: 1207 | About casualties: 44 | Last hour: 0

Monumental elevator problems close Washington's obeliskTue, 27 Sep 2016 03:21:00 +0200.

The Washington Monument is closing indefinitely because of ongoing problems with its elevator, the latest in a series of woes for one of the city's most enduring tourist attractions. The National Park Service announced Monday that the monum
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Washington Monument closed indefinitely till lift gets put rightTue, 27 Sep 2016 03:08:00 +0200.

WASHINGTON – The Washington Monument is closing indefinitely because of ongoing problems with its elevator, the latest in a series of woes for one of the city’s most enduring tourist attractions. The National Park Service announced Monday t
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Earthquake occurrence in Fiji regionTue, 27 Sep 2016 02:45:00 +0200.

. REPEKA NASIKO Tuesday, September 27, 2016. Update: 11:27AM A 5.3 magnitude earthquake occurred at 419 kilometers south east of Suva at around 5.25am today. According to the Fiji Mineral Resources Seismology Unit, the moderate sized earth
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'Boom': Tremors felt as 'fireball' crashes near GladstoneTue, 27 Sep 2016 02:40:00 +0200.

WHAT WE KNOW: -Gladstone police have received about 20 calls from resident who head a "boom" -Fire crews are en route to Emerald after reports of an aircraft incident. -Residents have reported feeling a tremor. -Footage shows Gladstone's sk
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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),