M 5.2 Off-shore on 05 Oct 2016 18:47 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 1095289
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -41.4419 , -85.6942
Event Date: 05 Oct 2016 18:47 UTC
05 Oct 2016 12:47 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 05 Oct 2016 19:18 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20007c65 Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 430 | About casualties: 65 | Last hour: 0

Haiti mourns hurricane dead as Matthew dwindlesSun, 09 Oct 2016 18:28:00 +0200.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) Haiti began three days of mourning Sunday for victims of Hurricane Matthew as relief officials grappled with the unfolding devastation in the Caribbean country's hard-hit south. Matthew, meanwhile, lost its hurri
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Downgraded Matthew causes flooding and widespread power outages in USSun, 09 Oct 2016 18:24:00 +0200.

CHARLESTON — Matthew was downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone on Sunday as it struck North Carolina and Virginia, causing flooding and widespread power outages along the US Atlantic coast after killing hundreds in Haiti. The most powerful
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Halmahera Barat Diguncang Gempa 6,2 SR, Tak Berpotensi TsunamiSun, 09 Oct 2016 18:23:00 +0200.

TERNATE, KOMPAS.com - Gempa berkekuatan 6,2 skala Richter mengguncang Kabupaten Halmahera Barat, Maluku Utara, Minggu (9/10/2016) malam. Data dari Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi dan Geofisika (BMKG), gempa bumi ini terjadi pada lokasi 1,79
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Downgraded Matthew causes flooding and widespread power outages in USSun, 09 Oct 2016 18:19:00 +0200.

CHARLESTON — Matthew was downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone on Sunday as it struck North Carolina and Virginia, causing flooding and widespread power outages along the US Atlantic coast after killing hundreds in Haiti. The most powerful
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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),