M 5.3 Off-shore on 08 Oct 2016 04:37 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 1095416
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 23.03 Km
Lat/Lon: -36.0563 , -101.0001
Event Date: 08 Oct 2016 04:37 UTC
07 Oct 2016 21:37 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 08 Oct 2016 04:57 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20007crf 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: 469 | About casualties: 15 | Last hour: 0

EE.UU. suspende deportación de haitianos debido a huracánWed, 12 Oct 2016 04:27:00 +0200.

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO. Debido a la devastación provocada por el huracán Matthew en Haití, Estados Unidos decidió suspender temporalmente una nueva política de deportar a los haitianos que estén en el país sin autorización, dijo el martes el secr
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U.S. suspends deportations of Haitians after Hurricane MatthewWed, 12 Oct 2016 04:25:00 +0200.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday said it has temporarily suspended deportations of Haitians after Hurricane Matthew ravaged the Caribbean nation last week, killing at least a thousand people and leaving 1.4 million in ne
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US policy on deporting Haitians on hold in wake of hurricaneWed, 12 Oct 2016 04:18:00 +0200.

MEXICO CITY Hurricane Matthew’s destruction in Haiti has put on hold a new policy of deporting Haitians who are in the United States without permission but the government intends to return to it in the future, U.S. Homeland Security Secreta
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'Friends of Bill' given State Dept. attention in Haiti reliefWed, 12 Oct 2016 04:17:00 +0200.

A State Department aide to Hillary Clinton gave separate attention to “Friends of Bill” when coordinating with the Clinton Foundation to help Haiti after a devastating 2010 earthquake, according to a report. Senior advisor Caitlin Klevorick
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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),