M 5 Off-shore on 07 Oct 2016 12:18 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 1095384
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -56.6866 , -141.4116
Event Date: 07 Oct 2016 12:18 UTC
07 Oct 2016 03:18 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 07 Oct 2016 12:39 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20007ckm 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: 540 | About casualties: 34 | Last hour: 0

Cholera fears rise in Haiti after hurricane Hurricane Matthew has left ... Tue, 11 Oct 2016 12:00:00 +0200.

JEREMIE, Haiti (CNN) Hurricane Matthew has left Haiti, but the danger is far from over as the number of cholera cases now is on the rise. Haiti has been plagued with the waterborne disease since 2010, after UN soldiers accidentally brought
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Devastation in Haiti laid bare in heartbreaking photos as disease and ... Tue, 11 Oct 2016 11:59:00 +0200.

These upsetting photos of overcrowded shelters, flattened villages and children playing amongst the ruins of their homes reveal the dire situation in Haiti following It's been one week since the powerful storm made landfall, killing around
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Honduras enviará avión con ayuda para afectados por huracán Matthew en ... Tue, 11 Oct 2016 11:49:00 +0200.

Honduras enviará un avión con ayuda humanitaria para los afectados por el huracán Matthew en Haití, donde centenares de personas murieron y cientos de miles fueron desplazadas, anunció hoy su presidente, Juan Orlando Hernández. En una rueda
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Cholera fears rise in Haiti after hurricaneTue, 11 Oct 2016 11:39:00 +0200.

Haiti has been plagued with the waterborne disease since 2010, after UN soldiers accidentally brought it to the country in the aftermath of a major earthquake that year. The World Health Organization reported 80,000 cases in Haiti since the
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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),