M 4.9 Off-shore on 02 Oct 2016 12:51 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 1095099
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -29.1941 , 61.0183
Event Date: 02 Oct 2016 12:51 UTC
02 Oct 2016 16:51 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 02 Oct 2016 13:15 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006ui5 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: 1542 | About casualties: 180 | Last hour: 0

Millions evacuated as Matthew strengthensThu, 06 Oct 2016 12:31:00 +0200.

The storm has claimed the lives of at least 26 people in the Caribbean, 10 of them in Haiti. Officials expect that figure to rise as more badly-hit rural areas are reached. Civil aviation authorities say more than 3,200 homes have been dest
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Brigadas médicas cubanas en Haití y Bahamas se aprestan a atender a da ... Thu, 06 Oct 2016 12:30:00 +0200.

La Habana, 6 oct (RHC) Brigadas médicas cubanas radicadas en Haití y Bahamas tratan ya de prestar atención a los damnificados y heridos por el huracán Matthew en Haití y Bahamas. Las brigadas de rescate intentaron llegar a poblados aislados
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Deadly Hurricane Matthew eyes BahamasThu, 06 Oct 2016 12:25:00 +0200.

At least 15 people died from Matthew's wrath in Haiti, the Dominican Republic and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, officials said. Haiti, still recovering from the catastrophic 2010 earthquake, was hit the hardest. As the death toll rises an
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Matthew gains strength; millions evacuate as storm barrels toward Flor ... Thu, 06 Oct 2016 12:25:00 +0200.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami says Matthew's top sustained winds have risen from 115 mph (185 kph) to 125 mph (205 mph) in just a few hours early Thursday as the storm continues to batter the central Bahamas. The center says i
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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),