M 5 in Western Indian-Antarctic Ridge on 25 May 2017 06:33 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 1113764
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -49.4486 , 121.3597
Event Date: 25 May 2017 06:33 UTC
25 May 2017 14:33 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 25 May 2017 06:54 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10008v94 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 289 | About casualties: 62 | Last hour: 0

Un-True Blood: Japan’s Weird Taste for Discrimination Jake Adelstein M ... Mon, 29 May 2017 05:47:00 +0200.

It’s worth reiterating that there has been no scientific evidence—zero, zip, none at all— found to link blood types to personalities, yet the myth persists. Prof. Yamaoka has done extensive research debunking the myth of blood-type-based pe
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BNPB: Aceh Diguncang Gempa 5 SR, Tidak Berpotensi TsunamiMon, 29 May 2017 05:17:00 +0200.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Kepala Pusat Data Informasi dan Humas BNPB Sutopo Purwo Nugroho menyebutkan, gempa bumi mengguncang Provinsi Aceh pada Senin (29/5/2017) pagi, pukul 04.54 WIB. Gempa ini sempat membuat masyarakat panik dan berhamburan.
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Sri Lanka flash floods leave half a million people displacedMon, 29 May 2017 04:58:00 +0200.

At least 151 people have been killed in floods and landslides in Sri Lanka - with about half a million people displaced. The torrential rains - the worst to hit the country since 2003 - swamped western and southern regions. The country has
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Wegen ein paar Minuten haben sie nicht überlebt So knapp war das Dino- ... Mon, 29 May 2017 03:07:00 +0200.

Asche- und Staubwolken hüllten den Planeten ein. Sonnenlicht drang kaum mehr bis zur Erdoberfläche. «Die Temperaturen fielen weltweit innerhalb weniger Tage um mehr als zehn Grad», erklärt Biologe Ben Garrod in der BBC-Doku. Es wurde dunkel
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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), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),