M 6.3 in North Of Ascension Island on 23 Oct 2019 16:08 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 1191408
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.3M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -1.0784 , -13.8322
Event Date: 23 Oct 2019 16:08 UTC
23 Oct 2019 15:08 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 Oct 2019 18:12 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us70005xr7 Scaled population (raster) 0 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 shakemap -0.59 Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 shakemap 0.53      
  Country Vulnerability 0      
  INFORM_normalised 1      
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 325 | About casualties: 105 | Last hour: 0

Reportan temblor al noroeste de la IslaSun, 27 Oct 2019 16:01:00 +0100.

Per PTWC: Earthquake of preliminary magnitude of 4.4 occurred about 38 mi north of PR. NO tsunami threat for PR & USVI. Según PTWC: Un terremoto de magnitud preliminar de 4.4 ocurrió a 38 mi aproximadamente al norte de PR. NO hay amenaza de
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No casualties reported in Xinjiang earthquakeSun, 27 Oct 2019 10:42:00 +0100.

URUMQI, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- No casualties or economic loss have been reported after a 5.0-magnitude earthquake hit Uqturpan County of Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region at 1:29 p.m. Sunday. The county govern
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No casualties reported in Xinjiang earthquakeSun, 27 Oct 2019 09:33:00 +0100.

URUMQI, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- No casualties or economic loss have been reported after a 5.0-magnitude earthquake hit Uqturpan County of Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region at 1:29 p.m. Sunday. The county govern
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5.0-magnitude earthquake hits northwest China: CENCSun, 27 Oct 2019 08:34:00 +0100.

A 5.0-magnitude earthquake hit Uqturpan County, Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, at 1:29 p.m. Sunday Beijing Time, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC), reports citing Xinhua. The epi
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (91), NEIC (6), OCHA (1), USGS (5), (3), INFORM (2), NOAA (1),