M 5.5 in Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge on 14 Apr 2017 05:29 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 1110199
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -12.392 , -14.8141
Event Date: 14 Apr 2017 05:29 UTC
14 Apr 2017 04:29 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 14 Apr 2017 05:48 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10008hgq Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 308 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 0

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Экскурсия по Красной зоне АЭС Фукусима-1 (Фото)Sun, 16 Apr 2017 22:35:00 +0200.

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Quake in Indian OceanSun, 16 Apr 2017 22:18:00 +0200.

By Umesh Moramudali. An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 on the Richter scale was reported in the South Indian Ocean yesterday evening. According to the US Geological Survey National Earthquake Information Centre, the earthquake had been reporte
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Saipan mayor, meteorologist discuss disaster preparedness, programsSun, 16 Apr 2017 19:57:00 +0200.

SAIPAN Mayor David M. Apatang met with meteorologist Charles “Chip” Guard on Thursday to discuss the role of the municipal government during a disaster. The meeting was also attended by special assistant to the mayor Henry Hofschneider, the
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (1),