M 5.9 in Trinidad and Tobago on 06 Dec 2016 21:42 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 1100177
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.9M
Depth: 34.83 Km
Lat/Lon: 11.0693 , -60.9048
Event Date: 06 Dec 2016 21:42 UTC
06 Dec 2016 17:42 Local
Exposed Population: 900000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 07 Dec 2016 04:00 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007ggp 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: 1026 | About casualties: 14 | Last hour: 0

45,000 left homeless after Indonesia earthquakeSat, 10 Dec 2016 21:40:00 +0100.

Jakarta, Dec 11 : Tens of thousands of people have been displaced after a devastating earthquake in Indonesia killed more than 100 people, an official said today, leaving communities in ruins as aid trickled into the disaster-stricken provi
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Indonesia reporta más de 45 mil desplazados por sismoSat, 10 Dec 2016 20:48:00 +0100.

Más de 45 mil personas han sido desplazadas tras el sismo de magnitud 6.5 que sacudió la provincia occidental de Aceh, señaló hoy la Agencia Nacional de Gestión de Desastres. "El número de desplazados registrados es de 45 mil 329 personas",
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Sismo provoca que más de 45 mil personas sean desplazadasSat, 10 Dec 2016 20:44:00 +0100.

Agencias YAKARTA, Indonesia.- Más de 45 mil personas han sido desplazadas tras el sismo de 6.5 grados en la escala de Richter, que sacudió la provincia occidental de Aceh, señaló hoy la Agencia Nacional de Gestión de Desastres. "El número d
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Officials revise aid plans after second Solomons shakeSat, 10 Dec 2016 20:35:00 +0100.

Solomon Islands disaster officials are planning to send emergency supplies to areas after a 6.9 magnitude aftershock yesterday followed Friday's 7.8 shake. Small islands on Marovo Lagoon in the Solomon Islands. Photo: 123RF. Both quakes t
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),