M 5.1 in Pacific-Antarctic Ridge on 28 Nov 2016 04:12 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 1099479
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -56.611 , -140.9898
Event Date: 28 Nov 2016 04:12 UTC
27 Nov 2016 19:12 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 28 Nov 2016 05:11 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007cvl 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 260 | About casualties: 7 | Last hour: 0

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Rosario: Nos hemos esmerado para la Gran Celebración del Amor a MaríaThu, 01 Dec 2016 07:51:00 +0100.

Redacción Central | 01/12/2016. “Nos hemos esmerado para una Gran Celebración del Amor que Nicaragua tiene a María Santísima, en Agradecimiento por estos Tiempos de Victorias”, expresó este miércoles la Compañera Rosario Murillo, en el terc
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'Tsunami aan verkeer' dreigt voor beschermd dorpsgezichtThu, 01 Dec 2016 07:18:00 +0100.

RESSEN - Het dorp Ressen in de gemeente Lingewaard lijkt het slachtoffer te worden van gebrek aan geld voor een rondweg. Al zo'n twintig jaar staat de aanleg van de Dorpensingel-Oost op de kaart, maar nu niemand die wil betalen dreigt een '
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Slow slips could raise quake risk: GeoNetThu, 01 Dec 2016 06:45:00 +0100.

Unusual slow-slip seismic movements may mean there's an increased risk of a 7.8 magnitude or greater earthquake in the lower North Island, according to GeoNet. Simultaneous slips have been recorded at Gisborne, Hawke's Bay and Kapiti, says
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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), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),