M 5.9 in Off Coast Of Ecuador on 03 Sep 2018 23:37 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 1155748
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.9M
Depth: 10.37 Km
Lat/Lon: 1.4517 , -85.2293
Event Date: 03 Sep 2018 23:37 UTC
03 Sep 2018 17:37 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 03 Sep 2018 23:53 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000h7e0 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 382 | About casualties: 26 | Last hour: 0

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Japan's Kansai airport will reopen partially on Friday, the government said Thursday, after a massive typhoon flooded parts of the transport hub and swept a tanker onto the only bridge connecting it to the mainland. The collision left the a
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Hokkaido toll climbs; half of power restoredFri, 07 Sep 2018 16:19:00 +0200.

SAPPORO – The number of people dead or in a critical condition in Hokkaido following a powerful earthquake has risen to 18, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Friday, amid fears the figure will continue to grow. There have been 9 c
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De héroes convencidos y perseguidosFri, 07 Sep 2018 16:17:00 +0200.

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Exploring Inwa, a Royal Capital in RuinsFri, 07 Sep 2018 15:09:00 +0200.

By Lwin Mar Htun 7 September 2018. YANGON—Inwa, formerly known as Ava, was once the royal capital of the mighty Burmese kingdom. The city was founded by King Thado Min Phaya in 1364 at the confluence of the Myint Nge and Ayeyarwaddy rivers.
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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),