M 5.9 in Mauritius on 19 Jul 2017 12:16 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 1117241
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -17.4414 , 66.4031
Event Date: 19 Jul 2017 12:16 UTC
19 Jul 2017 16:16 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 19 Jul 2017 12:38 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Mauritius)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20009xz4 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 274 | About casualties: 9 | Last hour: 0

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Robot shows suspected melted nuclear fuel at Fukushima reactor – videoSun, 23 Jul 2017 12:51:00 +0200.

An underwater robot has captured images of what is believed to be suspected debris of melted nuclear fuel inside one of the reactors at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan. Locating and analysing the fuel debris is crucial for decommission
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В Турции случилось землетрясение магнитудой 6,7. В БодрумеSun, 23 Jul 2017 12:39:00 +0200.

Опубликовано: 23 Июля, 2017, 11:37 | Автор: Назаровa Валентина Сергеевна. Цунами образовалось у берегов Турции и Греции после землетрясения. Минувшей ночью на известном среди русских туристов турецком курорте Бодрум случилось разрушительн
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Un robot puede haber hallado combustible nuclear fundido en FukushimaSun, 23 Jul 2017 11:44:00 +0200.

Un robot localizó por primera vez lo que podría ser combustible nuclear fundido en el reactor 3 de la central japonesa accidentada de Fukushima, anunció este domingo la empresa gerente. Durante tres días de inspección, un robot submarino de
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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), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),