M 4.8 in North Of Ascension Island on 18 Aug 2017 15:35 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 1119566
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -1.3311 , -14.5985
Event Date: 18 Aug 2017 15:35 UTC
18 Aug 2017 14:35 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 Aug 2017 16:13 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000a9eu Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 460 | About casualties: 13 | Last hour: 0

India: FEATURE-Battling century's worst drought, India's farmers reviv ... Tue, 22 Aug 2017 15:12:00 +0200.

By Rina Chandran. THIRUTHURAIPOONDI, India, Aug 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - For Nel Jayaraman, the realisation that hybrid seeds, chemical fertilisers and pesticides were making farmers more vulnerable to extreme weather came slowly.
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Child saved in Italy after 15 hours under rubbleTue, 22 Aug 2017 15:00:00 +0200.

Italian rescue workers have freed the last of three children trapped under rubble following a deadly earthquake on the Italian holiday island of Ischia off the coast of Naples. Eight-year-old Ciro had been stuck for more than 15 hours, acco
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Battling century’s worst drought, India’s farmers revive traditional g ... Tue, 22 Aug 2017 14:56:00 +0200.

Thiruthuraipoondi, Tamil Nadu: For Nel Jayaraman, the realisation that hybrid seeds, chemical fertilisers and pesticides were making farmers more vulnerable to extreme weather came slowly. In fields near the town of Thiruthuraipoondi in the
...(more)
Child saved in Italy after 15 hours under rubbleTue, 22 Aug 2017 14:51:00 +0200.

Italian rescue workers have freed the last of three children trapped under rubble following a deadly earthquake on the Italian holiday island of Ischia off the coast of Naples. Eight-year-old Ciro had been stuck for more than 15 hours, acco
...(more)

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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 (41), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),