M 5.5 in Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge on 22 Feb 2019 21:15 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 1171622
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -17.8352 , -13.5046
Event Date: 22 Feb 2019 21:15 UTC
22 Feb 2019 20:15 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 22 Feb 2019 21:38 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000jlsv Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 148 | About casualties: 9 | Last hour: 0

Basic needs still acute in PNG's quake-hit region, one year onTue, 26 Feb 2019 04:35:00 +0100.

A year on from a major earthquake in Papua New Guinea, the worst-affected communities are still struggling for basic needs. The magnitude 7.5 quake which struck in Hela province on February 26, 2018, was followed by many significant aftersh
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Preparing for the Cascadia quake, 1 shopping trip at a timeMon, 25 Feb 2019 03:27:00 +0100.

EUGENE — Don Metheny began readying himself for the Cascadia earthquake seven years ago when he moved to Florence, the Lane County coastal town facing the danger of a quake and a tsunami. He moved to Eugene a year later, and hasn’t stopped
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Large 7.5 earthquake hits Ecuador A very powerful magnitude 7.5 earthq ... Fri, 22 Feb 2019 20:27:00 +0100.

A very powerful magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck southern Ecuador in the early hours of Friday (local time) close to the country's border with Peru, although no immediate reports of possible casualties or damage were available. The US Geolo
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Powerful 7.5-magnitude quake hits southern EcuadorFri, 22 Feb 2019 20:21:00 +0100.

LIMA, Peru A very powerful magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck southern Ecuador in the early hours of Friday close to the country’s border with Peru, although no immediate reports of possible casualties or damage were available. The U.S. Geolog
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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),