M 5 in Samoa on 11 Feb 2019 23:27 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 1170552
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -15.7596 , -172.1771
Event Date: 11 Feb 2019 23:27 UTC
11 Feb 2019 12:27 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 12 Feb 2019 00:24 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Samoa)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000jggm Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 6 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Stars Of Oceania Awards Recognizes Leadership Role Of WomenTue, 05 Feb 2019 18:45:00 +0100.

Samoa's Deputy PM delivers keynote address. WELLINGTON, New Zealand (Radio New Zealand International, Oct. 10, 2017) – The leadership role of women and their resilience in forging ahead despite difficult circumstances has been celebrated in
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AM. SAMOA TO HOST U.S. MARINE CONSERVATION MEETINGTue, 05 Feb 2019 06:28:00 +0100.

U.S. Coral Reef Task Force summit scheduled for August 20-23. By Fili Sagapolutele. PAGO PAGO, American Samoa (The Samoa News, March 6, 2012) – American Samoa will host in August the meeting of the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force (USCRTF)which w
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AMERICAN SAMOA OFFICIAL DETAILS AID ACCOUNTINGSat, 02 Feb 2019 02:02:00 +0100.

Denies alleged sale of donations. By Tupuola Terry Tavita PAGO PAGO, American Samoa (The Samoa News, Nov. 1, 2009) - There is no way that ‘truckloads full off goods’ can be diverted and sold at shops as alleged by Porirua Assistant Mayor Li
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Gov says FEMA regulations not clear — that’s why new Fono Building on ... Sat, 26 Jan 2019 18:05:00 +0100.

Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Among the issues covered in the Governor’s State of the Territory Address earlier this month was a brief status of the new two-story Fono building project, which has been on hold since late last year following co
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
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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), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),