M 4.8 Off-shore on 20 Sep 2019 01:59 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 1188246
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -31.572 , -177.7509
Event Date: 20 Sep 2019 01:59 UTC
19 Sep 2019 13:59 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 Sep 2019 02:52 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us60005l6a Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 576 | About casualties: 16 | Last hour: 0

Main North Line restoration project wins major international awardMon, 23 Sep 2019 23:58:00 +0200.

Work by KiwiRail and its project partners in the North Canterbury Transport Infrastructure Recovery alliance (NCTIR), to restore the railway line between Picton and Christchurch devastated by the 2016 Kaikôura earthquake has won a prestigio
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Japón reconoce la primera muerte de un trabajador de Fukushima a causa ... Mon, 23 Sep 2019 23:14:00 +0200.

Trabajadores de la central de Fukushima. / Afp Cuatro trabajadores de la central sufrieron cáncer y leucemia derivados de la radiación, pero este es el primer fallecimiento reconocido por el Gobierno japonés El Gobierno de Japón ha reconoc
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Post-tsunami focus on mental health in SamoaMon, 23 Sep 2019 21:57:00 +0200.

The tenth anniversary of the 2009 quake and tsunami in Samoa is the impetus for Massey University psychologists from New Zealand and alumni from Samoa to join forces for a two-day fono (conference) in Samoa this week to discuss a range of m
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Faults’ Hot Streaks and Slumps Could Change Earthquake Hazard Assessme ... Mon, 23 Sep 2019 18:03:00 +0200.

For more than a century, a guiding principle in seismology has been that earthquakes recur at semi-regular intervals according to a “seismic cycle.” For more than a century, a guiding principle in seismology has been that earthquakes recur
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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 (41), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),