M 5.5 in Prince Edward Islands Region on 29 Oct 2016 00:33 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 1096773
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -47.3376 , 32.4244
Event Date: 29 Oct 2016 00:33 UTC
29 Oct 2016 02:33 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 29 Oct 2016 00:51 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us100072vw 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

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Casas colapsadas por sismo en ItaliaWed, 02 Nov 2016 00:02:00 +0100.

CASTELLUCCIO DI NORCIA, Italia — Algunas casas colapsaron por completo y formaron montículos de piedra y yeso. Algunas están resquebrajadas, lo que dejó a la vista salas de estar congeladas en el tiempo. La villa de Castelluccio di Norcia,
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (1),