M 5.1 in Southwest Indian Ridge on 02 Jan 2017 00:13 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 1102292
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -35.6711 , 51.8688
Event Date: 02 Jan 2017 00:13 UTC
02 Jan 2017 03:13 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 02 Jan 2017 00:48 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007p5d Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 928 | About casualties: 104 | Last hour: 0

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Pērn Latvijā, tāpat kā 1997. un 1998. gadā, jauni uzņēmumi dzimuši mazāk nekā nomiruši, likvidācijas cunami, iespējams, vēl tikai priekšā To liecina SIA Lursoft apkopotie dati pēc Uzņēmumu reģistra ziņām. Pētījums rāda, ka, saskaņā ar......
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THERE were many ways in which people reacted when the tsunami alert wa ... Thu, 05 Jan 2017 22:41:00 +0100.

THERE were many ways in which people reacted when the tsunami alert was issued for Fiji on Wednesday. While some took the warning seriously and moved to higher ground, others continued with their normal work in various offices in the Capita
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The Brit who stayedThu, 05 Jan 2017 22:41:00 +0100.

IN a little corner of the Japanese city of Ishinomaki sits the Ishinomaki Community and Information Centre, an unassuming building surrounded by many empty lots in what was once a bustling area of the city. At the centre visitors can learn
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THE Mineral Resources Department recorded 13 aftershocks of magnitude ... Thu, 05 Jan 2017 22:11:00 +0100.

THE Mineral Resources Department recorded 13 aftershocks of magnitude 5.0 on the Richter scale until yesterday after Wednesday's 7.0 magnitude earthquake that occurred south of Fiji, The permanent secretary for the Ministry of Lands and Min
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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), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (1),