M 5.9 in North Atlantic Ocean on 27 Jul 2017 17:53 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 1118035
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 13.3812 , -49.3682
Event Date: 27 Jul 2017 17:53 UTC
27 Jul 2017 14:53 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 27 Jul 2017 18:16 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000a1uk Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 376 | About casualties: 41 | Last hour: 0

80% of Thai warning system crumbling 12 years after surprise tsunamiMon, 31 Jul 2017 17:35:00 +0200.

BANGKOK – Up to 80 percent of Thailand’s tsunami warning system needs maintenance work, the deputy director-general of its disaster prevention department said on Monday, more than a decade after the region was hit by a tsunami that killed 2
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Up to 80 Percent of Thailand’s Tsunami Warning System Needs Maintenanc ... Mon, 31 Jul 2017 15:34:00 +0200.

PHUKET – Thailand’s Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation reported on Monday that up to 80 percent of Thailand’s tsunami warning system needs maintenance work after more than a decade after the region was hit by a tsunami that ki
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Cristina Molina: “Page es como un tsunami que está arrasando la sanida ... Mon, 31 Jul 2017 14:30:00 +0200.

Considera que Page ha engañado de la forma más cruel a los vecinos de Puertollano prometiendo un nuevo hospital que sabía que no iba a hacer. Denuncia que Page, por su mala gestión, nos ha situado a la cabeza del país en abandono escolar y
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Tre allegri e Od Fulmine illuminano la Notte Green FogMon, 31 Jul 2017 14:04:00 +0200.

Genova - La notte della civetta è tornata. Venerdì 4 agosto, dalle 19 ai Giardini di Plastica, ingresso libero , è prevista la “Notte Green Fog” con una carrellata di band. Un evento, curato dal Green Fog studio, che fa parte del festival C
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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),