M 4.5 Off-shore on 17 Nov 2019 09:54 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 1193991
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 493.04 Km
Lat/Lon: -25.5254 , 179.7608
Event Date: 17 Nov 2019 09:54 UTC
17 Nov 2019 21:54 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 17 Nov 2019 10:16 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000693p Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 645 | About casualties: 21 | Last hour: 0

Strong earthquake strikes near Thai-Laos borderThu, 21 Nov 2019 09:47:00 +0100.

A strong earthquake struck on Thursday near the border of Thailand and Laos, setting high-rise buildings swaying in Bangkok, and prompting at least one power plant in Laos to suspend operations for precautionary checks. There were no report
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2h49 Laos: séisme de magnitude 6,1 dans le nord-ouest AFPThu, 21 Nov 2019 09:43:00 +0100.

Un séisme de magnitude 6,1 s'est produit jeudi dans le nord-ouest du Laos, près de la frontière avec la Thaïlande, a annoncé l'institut américain de géophysique (USGS). Le séisme a eu lieu à une faible profondeur jeudi à 06h50 heure locale
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4.3-magnitude earthquake recorded in western MongoliaThu, 21 Nov 2019 09:38:00 +0100.

AKIPRESS.COM - A 4.3 magnitude earthquake occurred today morning at 05.27am in the area named ‘Ereen Nuruu’, 20 km away from Tseel district center of Gobi-Altai province of Mongolia, Montsame reported. The district’s deputy governor reporte
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Strong quake hits Thai-Laos border, shaking buildings in BangkokThu, 21 Nov 2019 09:37:00 +0100.

Pope Francis waves as he leaves St Louis Hospital in Bangkok November 21, 2019. — AFP pic. BANGKOK, Nov 21 — A shallow 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit northwestern Laos near the Thai border early today, the United States Geological Survey repo
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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),