M 4.9 in Cape Verde on 24 Feb 2017 19:16 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 1106368
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 14.93 Km
Lat/Lon: 18.4296 , -25.1774
Event Date: 24 Feb 2017 19:16 UTC
24 Feb 2017 17:16 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 25 Feb 2017 16:57 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Cape Verde)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20008m8v Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 315 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Sismo de 5.6 grados Richter sacude región de Fukushima y TokioTue, 28 Feb 2017 18:56:00 +0100.

Tokio, 28 de febrero 2017.- Un sismo de 5.6 grados en la escala de Ritcher sacudió hoy el noreste de Japón, cerca de la central nuclear de Fukushima, sin que se activara la alerta de tsunami, aunque si se detuvieron los trenes en Tokio y su
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Japão. Sismo de magnitude 5,6 na escala de RichterTue, 28 Feb 2017 18:39:00 +0100.

Um terramoto de magnitude 5,6 na escala de Richter atingiu esta terça-feira a cidade japonesa de Fukushima, no noroeste do Japão, mas não foi acionado o alerta de tsunami, informou a agência meteorológica japonesa (JMA). O sismo aconteceu à
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Giappone, terremoto di magnitudo 5.6 scuote FukushimaTue, 28 Feb 2017 18:34:00 +0100.

Un terremoto di magnitudo 5.6, secondo l'Agenzia meteorologica del Giappone e l'US Geological USGS, è avvenuta oggi nel nord-est del Giappone, nei pressi della centrale di Fukushima. La scossa è stata avvertita anche a Tokyo, ma non è stata
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Sismo de 5,6 grados sacude Fukushima sin alerta de tsunamiTue, 28 Feb 2017 18:33:00 +0100.

Un terremoto de 5,6 grados de magnitud en la escala abierta de Ritcher sacudió hoy la prefectura nipona de Fukushima (noreste de Japón) sin que se activara la alerta de tsunami, informó la Agencia Meteorológica nipona (JMA). El seísmo se pr
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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), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),