M 4.9 in Samoa on 18 Jul 2020 16:03 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 1226863
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -14.7579 , -173.1133
Event Date: 18 Jul 2020 16:03 UTC
18 Jul 2020 04:03 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 Jul 2020 16:35 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Samoa)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000aqww Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 8 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

samoa Tsunami victims alarmed by silent siren By Talaia Mika, 20/07/20 ... Mon, 20 Jul 2020 12:18:00 +0200.

Tsunami victims living in the vicinity of Aleipata have spent over a year living in fear because they have not heard the sound of a siren that is meant to warn them of an incoming tsunami. The Village Mayor of Amaile, Tupuivao Posini, said
...(more)
samoa Trial over a $100,000 insurance claim to go ahead By Joyetter Fe ... Mon, 20 Jul 2020 02:42:00 +0200.

The Supreme Court has denied a strike out motion filed by National Pacific Insurance in relation to a $100,000 claim by Vaivaimuli Corporation. Vaivaimuli Corporation, which owns a bakery in Sataua Savai’i, has sued the National Pacific Ins
...(more)
6.1 magnitude quake hits in far northern regions of Tongan islandsSun, 19 Jul 2020 18:08:00 +0200.

Honolulu, HAWAII — A 6.1 magnatude earthquake hit 89.9 miles east of Hihifo, Tonga and at a depth of 14 km. This was Saturday morning at approximately 4:30a.m. American Samoa time. This is in the far north of the Tongan islands about 375 mi
...(more)
samoa Samoa experiences 5.3 magnitude earthquake By Adel Fruean, 19/07 ... Sun, 19 Jul 2020 11:11:00 +0200.

A 5.3 magnitude earthquake was recorded 4.32am Sunday morning in Samoa with authorities later saying it did not generate a tsunami. The Samoa Meteorology Division posted a statement on its Facebook page on Sunday to assure the public that t
...(more)

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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), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),