M 5.8 Off-shore on 31 Aug 2020 20:28 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 1232532
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -54.9757 , -130.0867
Event Date: 31 Aug 2020 20:28 UTC
31 Aug 2020 11:28 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 01 Sep 2020 20:32 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000bffs 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: 540 | About casualties: 11 | Last hour: 0

Caldera chronicles: Old Faithful changed by earthquakes, weatherFri, 04 Sep 2020 20:19:00 +0200.

Old Faithful’s fame is well deserved. The geyser has been erupting at regular intervals for as long as records exist, and it delights visitors from around the world with its eruptions of boiling water. These eruptions regularly reach more t
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Un terremoto natural en OverijsselFri, 04 Sep 2020 19:43:00 +0200.

Nuevo Periodico Un terremoto natural en Overijssel El punto rojo es Punthorst. Las líneas blancas van a los sismómetros donde se midió el terremoto. KNMI El jueves pasado, poco después de las cinco y media, sucedió algo especial en la aldea
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Earthquake Rattles Big Bear LakeFri, 04 Sep 2020 19:23:00 +0200.

BIG BEAR, CA — A magnitude 3.3 earthquake shook the Big Bear Lake area Friday morning, but there were no immediate reports of serious damage. The swarm, which was centered at the southern end of the San Andreas Fault near the Salton Sea, w
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CM visits flood affected areas, inspects damagesFri, 04 Sep 2020 18:47:00 +0200.

F.P. Report. PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan on the second day of his two daylong visit to Swat had a detailed visit to the areas affected by the recent heavy rainfall and floods and inspected the damages and rehabi
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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),