M 4.6 in Guadeloupe on 06 Nov 2016 18:27 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 1097693
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.6M
Depth: 33.58 Km
Lat/Lon: 16.8131 , -60.8763
Event Date: 06 Nov 2016 18:27 UTC
06 Nov 2016 14:27 Local
Exposed Population:
263832 people within 100km
Inserted at: 06 Nov 2016 18:55 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us100075vn 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: 303 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Funcionarios Públicos boicotearon simulacro de tsunami en La SerenaThu, 10 Nov 2016 17:58:00 +0100.

"El gobierno ya nos tiene ahogados" era uno de los slogans que podía leerse en las pancartas con las cuales, funcionarios públicos de distintas reparticiones de la región de Coquimbo, boicotearon el ejercicio de simulacro de terremoto y tsu
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Ricostruite le cause dello tsunami di SantoriniThu, 10 Nov 2016 17:47:00 +0100.

(Di giovedì 10 novembre 2016) A generare l'onda di tsunami alta 9 metri che nel 1628 a.C. attraversò il Mediterraneo, portando forse alla fine della civiltà Minoica, fu la caduta in mare dell'enorme flusso di detriti generati dall'...
Tokyo 2020 Olympics body wants baseball, softball events in FukushimaThu, 10 Nov 2016 17:05:00 +0100.

The cities of Fukushima, Koriyama and Iwaki - all in the Fukushima prefecture - have been identified as possible sites for competitions in baseball and softball, both of which are returning to the Olympics after 2008 Beijing Games. On March
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7.2 Quake Struck Off VanuatuThu, 10 Nov 2016 15:59:00 +0100.

Pacific Islands Development Program, East-West Center With Support From Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawai‘i. No reports of damage yet, tsunami possibility. SUVA, Fiji (Fiji Times, April 3, 2016) – A magnitude 7.2 earth
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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),