M 6 Off-shore on 21 Aug 2019 14:28 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 1187343
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -50.3203 , 139.256
Event Date: 21 Aug 2019 14:28 UTC
21 Aug 2019 23:28 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 22 Aug 2019 14:36 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us600057xt 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 422 | About casualties: 6 | Last hour: 0

Deducing the scale of tsunamis from the 'roundness' of deposited grave ... Sun, 25 Aug 2019 14:25:00 +0200.

Tsunamis are one of nature's most devastating hazards; understanding their scale and mechanism is of paramount scientific and socio-economic importance. Nevertheless, despite our best efforts to study and understand them, their infrequent o
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Tremor measuring 2.1 on Richter scale recorded at UK's only fracking s ... Sun, 25 Aug 2019 14:09:00 +0200.

A tremor measuring 2.1 on the Richter scale has been recorded at the UK's only active fracking site - the largest detected at the facility. Energy firm Cuadrilla said the "micro seismic event" at its site near Blackpool was detected at 11.0
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Tremor measuring 2.1 on Richter scale recorded at UK's only fracking s ... Sun, 25 Aug 2019 13:50:00 +0200.

A tremor measuring 2.1 on the Richter scale has been recorded at the UK's only active fracking site - the largest detected at the facility. Energy firm Cuadrilla said the "micro seismic event" at its site near Blackpool was detected at 11.0
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The movement was detected at 11.01pm on Saturday.Sun, 25 Aug 2019 10:34:00 +0200.

A tremor measuring 2.1 on the Richter scale has been recorded at the UK’s only active fracking site the largest ever detected at the facility. Energy firm Cuadrilla said the “micro seismic event” at its site near Blackpool was detected at 1
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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),