M 5.6 in Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge on 13 Jun 2019 03:00 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 1182387
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -35.6986 , -17.2126
Event Date: 13 Jun 2019 03:00 UTC
13 Jun 2019 02:00 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 13 Jun 2019 03:20 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000408i Scaled population (raster) 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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 185 | About casualties: 27 | Last hour: 0

Buffalo horn roofs and the simple charm of PadangSat, 15 Jun 2019 03:07:00 +0200.

Most travellers to West Sumatra do not linger in the city of Padang, preferring instead to head directly to the region’s main tourist spots such as the Mentawai Islands or the scenic countryside around Lake Maninjau. Even so, Padang has its
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PNG govt urged to build capacity to respond to disastersFri, 14 Jun 2019 05:40:00 +0200.

Transcript. BILL HAMBLIN: They were significant earthquakes. But the areas where they hit are largely unpopulated and not a lot of infrastructure there. So there hasn't been the dire consequences that occurred as a result of the 7.5 earthqu
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National 3 earthquakes reported in Tennessee in about 24 hours Emily L ... Wed, 12 Jun 2019 16:37:00 +0200.

NASHVILLE — In just over 24 hours, three earthquakes have shaken Tennessee, but experts say this is not a rare phenomenon. The United States Geological Surveyvconfirmed a 2.2-magnitude earthquake Tuesday morning just south of Sweetwater, Te
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National 3 earthquakes reported in Tennessee in about 24 hours Emily L ... Wed, 12 Jun 2019 16:37:00 +0200.

NASHVILLE — In just over 24 hours, three earthquakes have shaken Tennessee, but experts say this is not a rare phenomenon. The United States Geological Surveyvconfirmed a 2.2-magnitude earthquake Tuesday morning just south of Sweetwater, Te
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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),