M 4.7 in Jamaica on 19 Aug 2017 20:26 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 1119631
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 18.0301 , -79.7787
Event Date: 19 Aug 2017 20:26 UTC
19 Aug 2017 15:26 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 19 Aug 2017 22:18 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Jamaica)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000a9s3 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 221 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

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El simulacro institucional para medir los tiempos de respuesta frente a un terremoto que genere un tsunami se realizó a las 11h00 de hoy en Crucita, Portoviejo. Cabe destacar que la sirena del Sistema de Alerta Temprana no se escuchó en el
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'India will support Sri Lanka in all areas wherever and whenever neede ... Wed, 23 Aug 2017 18:47:00 +0200.

'India will support Sri Lanka in all areas wherever and whenever needed' - envoy Wed, Aug 23, 2017, 09:31 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Aug 23, Colombo: Highlighting that India has committed over US$ 2.6 billion in developme
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'India will support Sri Lanka in all areas wherever and whenever neede ... Wed, 23 Aug 2017 18:26:00 +0200.

Wed, Aug 23, 2017, 09:31 pm SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Aug 23, Colombo: Highlighting that India has committed over US$ 2.6 billion in development assistance to Sri Lanka, India's envoy to Sri Lanka has assured that India, as
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Co s lidmi udělá srážka Země s asteroidem? Tlaková vlna vám utrhne kon ... Wed, 23 Aug 2017 17:27:00 +0200.

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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), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),