M 4.9 Off-shore on 03 Oct 2016 04:40 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 1095134
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 35 Km
Lat/Lon: -30.3582 , -177.4982
Event Date: 03 Oct 2016 04:40 UTC
02 Oct 2016 16:40 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 03 Oct 2016 05:09 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006ulk 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: 2114 | About casualties: 382 | Last hour: 0

Hurricane Matthew kills at least 283 in Haiti, dozens in one villageFri, 07 Oct 2016 04:29:00 +0200.

The number was given by a meeting of emergency workers including representatives from the government, the United Nations and international aid agencies, which Reuters attended. Many victims were killed by falling trees, flying debris and sw
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Casi 300 muertos en Haití y cuatro en República Dominicana tras el pas ... Fri, 07 Oct 2016 04:29:00 +0200.

Un medio de Haití reportó en la noche de este jueves que los muertos tras el paso del huracán Matthew serían 264. En su paso por el Caribe, Matthew causó también cuatro muertes en República Dominicana, donde más de 36.500 personas fueron ev
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Haiti death toll jumps as receding waters reveal more bodiesFri, 07 Oct 2016 04:27:00 +0200.

Haiti starting to gauge full damage from Matthew's rampage. LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) " Two days after Hurricane Matthew rampaged across Haiti's remote southwestern peninsula with roaring winds and flooding rains, local authorities and internat
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Spotlight: Hurricane Matthew heads for U.S. after killing at least 264 ... Fri, 07 Oct 2016 04:27:00 +0200.

MEXICO CITY, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Hurricane Matthew left devastation in its wake, killing at least 264 people in Haiti, as it moved toward the Bahamas and the The number of death had risen to 264 in one of the worst-hit parts of the country,
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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),