M 4.8 in Southeast Of Easter Island on 12 Feb 2019 02:55 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 1170569
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -35.6567 , -99.9767
Event Date: 12 Feb 2019 02:55 UTC
11 Feb 2019 19:55 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 12 Feb 2019 03:17 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000jgi4 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 95 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

FOUR QUAKES HIT MARIANASFri, 15 Feb 2019 17:56:00 +0100.

By Haidee V. Eugenio. SAIPAN, CNMI (Marianas Variety, Nov. 5) –Four separate earthquakes measuring 4.7 to 6.0 magnitude on the Richter scale hit the Marianas on Wednesday, but none resulted in damage or injuries. The quakes occurred in just
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Japan's economy rebounds in fourth quarter of 2018Thu, 14 Feb 2019 21:02:00 +0100.

Japan's economy expanded in the final quarter of 2018 as the negative impact from a series of natural disasters over the summer receded, government data showed Thursday. The world's third largest economy benefitted from a rise in domestic d
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Japan’s economy rebounds in fourth quarter of 2018Thu, 14 Feb 2019 06:11:00 +0100.

TOKYO, Feb 14, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Japan’s economy expanded in the final quarter of 2018 as the negative impact from a series of natural disasters over the summer receded, government data showed Thursday. The world’s third largest economy bene
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Magnitude 4.9 quake hits Surigao del NorteWed, 13 Feb 2019 10:27:00 +0100.

MANILA, Philippines — A 4.9-magnitude earthquake jolted Surigao del Norte on Wednesday afternoon, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. In its earthquake bulletin, Phivolcs said the quake hit 75 kilometers
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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),