M 5.5 in Southeast Of Easter Island on 18 Dec 2019 04:44 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 1198678
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -41.1773 , -89.2325
Event Date: 18 Dec 2019 04:44 UTC
17 Dec 2019 22:44 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 Dec 2019 06:46 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us60006t11 Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 103 | About casualties: 48 | Last hour: 0

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DIGOS CITY – A magnitude 4.3 earthquake 15 kilometers northwest of Malungon, Sarangani struck at dawn on Sunday and alarmed, among others, Catholics attending the Misa de gallo (simbang Gabi) novena mass in various churches in the area. The
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Le porte-parole de l’armée a communiqué sur l’affaissement ce 20 décem ... Sat, 21 Dec 2019 02:22:00 +0100.

On en sait un peu plus sur ce qui s’est passé au lieu-dit Shell Nsimeyong ce vendredi 20 décembre 2019. Selon le capitaine de Frégate Cyrille Serge Atonfack , chef de la Division communication du ministère de la Défense, il est exactement 1
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Magnitude 5.3 aftershock jolts Davao del Sur, nearby provincesWed, 18 Dec 2019 05:37:00 +0100.

MANILA, Philippines — A magnitude 5.3 aftershock hit Davao del Sur and nearby provinces anew Wednesday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. Phivolcs said the earthquake was recorded at 4:18 a.
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Ring of Fire latest: Are 60,000 earthquakes a sign of a Big One brewin ... Wed, 18 Dec 2019 04:15:00 +0100.

The frequent eruption of earthquakes has prompted some to fear the arrival of the Big One. Emma Scott wrote on Twitter: “Y’all. All of these earthquakes hitting around the world are giving me so much anxiety. “I live like literally RIGHT on
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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),