M 4.9 in Samoa on 08 Oct 2016 22:25 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 1095460
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -14.931 , -174.3147
Event Date: 08 Oct 2016 22:25 UTC
08 Oct 2016 10:25 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 08 Oct 2016 22:57 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20007cus 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: 299 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 0

زلزال 1992.. نصف دقيقة هزت كيان أم الدنياWed, 12 Oct 2016 20:54:00 +0200.

تحل اليوم الذكرى الـ24 لزلزال 1992 الذى وقع في يوم 12 أكتوبر 1992 عند الساعة الثالثة و 9 دقائق عصراً تقريبًا، وكان مركزه السطحي بالقرب من دهشور على بعد 35 كيلومترًا (22 ميل) إلى الجنوب الغربي من القاهرة. نصف دقيقة. استمر الزلزال لمدة نصف دق
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Tsunami! Comic Highlights Dangers and the Need for PrepWed, 12 Oct 2016 19:04:00 +0200.

A new 16-page comic book highlights the need to be prepared for a possible massive earthquake and tsunami. The book is a joint venture between Dark Horse Comics and the Oregon Office of Emergency Management. Without Warning: Tsunami: tells
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Unesco crea videojuego sobre terremotos y tsunamisWed, 12 Oct 2016 18:57:00 +0200.

La Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación la Ciencia y la Cultura (Unesco) presentó este martes en Quito, Ecuador, un videojuego para dispositivos móviles que pretende concienciar a los niños sobre ocasionales desastres natur
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NEMO warns againWed, 12 Oct 2016 18:14:00 +0200.

The advise has been issued in response to what NEMO says information going around on the social messaging service WhatsAPP about “Hurricane Matthew and the prediction of a Tsunami hitting the Eastern Caribbean on November 2nd. NEMO is rem
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
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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), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),