M 5.4 in Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge on 23 Mar 2019 12:35 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 1174228
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.4M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 7.4799 , -37.0849
Event Date: 23 Mar 2019 12:35 UTC
23 Mar 2019 10:35 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 Mar 2019 12:55 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000jkns 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 249 | About casualties: 17 | Last hour: 0

At least 6,000 children still in temporary shelters, six months on fro ... Wed, 27 Mar 2019 11:27:00 +0100.

Thousands of children are still in need of permanent housing six months on from the devastating earthquake and tsunami which hit Central Sulawesi in Indonesia in September 2018. An estimated 6,000 children [1] are still living in temporary
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Run to higher ground when quake strikes, don't wait for tsunami w ... Wed, 27 Mar 2019 10:18:00 +0100.

JAKARTA - The head of Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has a clear message on what to do when an earthquake strikes: Run to higher ground and not to wait for an official tsunami alert. Every second counts, A
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Mercy Malaysia upgrades temporary shelters of Palu disaster victimsWed, 27 Mar 2019 05:21:00 +0100.

By Oleh Syed Azwan Syed Ali PALU (Sulawesi), March 27 (Bernama) -- Six months after the calamitous earthquake, tsunami and soil liquefaction in Palu in Central Sulawesi, Mercy Malaysia will be focusing on the upgrading of transit shelters i
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Inner city reservoir gets green light for future resilienceWed, 27 Mar 2019 04:03:00 +0100.

Wellington City Council today unanimously approved a $17m cost increase to secure a major investment in the city’s future - the construction of a large reservoir in Mount Cook. OmÄroro Reservoir is a major investment essential for operation
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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),