M 5.2 in Wallis and Futuna on 10 Oct 2016 08:35 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 1095538
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -15.3828 , -174.8345
Event Date: 10 Oct 2016 08:35 UTC
09 Oct 2016 20:35 Local
Exposed Population:
About 265 people within 100km
Inserted at: 10 Oct 2016 08:57 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20007d25 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: 387 | About casualties: 8 | Last hour: 0

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PNG signs agreement to set up regional warning centreFri, 14 Oct 2016 05:54:00 +0200.

It was a historic occasion Thursday for Papua New Guinea when it signed an agreement to set up a regional centre to warn of natural disasters. The agreement was with the Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System and partners to
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Com 229.699 mortes ao longo dos últimos 20 anos, o Haiti é o país com o maior número de vítimas fatais por catástrofes naturais, segundo relatório da Organização das Nações Unidas (ONU), divulgado hoje (13). O desastre mais mortal dos últim
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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), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),