M 4.5 Off-shore on 29 Sep 2020 08:34 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 1237321
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 485.86 Km
Lat/Lon: -24.8812 , -179.976
Event Date: 29 Sep 2020 08:34 UTC
28 Sep 2020 20:34 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 29 Sep 2020 08:59 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000c2gj Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 562 | About casualties: 51 | Last hour: 0

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In scenario three, which is least likely, a much larger earthquake — magnitude 7 or higher —could occur within the next 7 days. If it happened, aftershocks would be generated, according to the USGS. The USGS warned Friday that residents sho
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Penas mínimas a imputados en caso Operación TsunamiSat, 03 Oct 2020 06:23:00 +0200.

Penas de prisión que oscilan entre los dos (excarcelable) y nueve años prisión recibieron 83 imputados en el caso llamado Operación Tsunami, con el que las autoridades capturaron a pandilleros y colaboradores en la zona sur del departamento
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Thundering noise, tremor like an earthquake, says victim of landslide ... Sat, 03 Oct 2020 06:00:00 +0200.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 3-- “I was awaken from sleep by a loud thundering noise and tremor like that of an earthquake,” said an occupant on the first floor of a three-storey apartment at Persiaran Syed Putra here where a landslide occurred two da
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Un tremblement de terre ressenti à TipazaSat, 03 Oct 2020 05:22:00 +0200.

Une secousse sismique de magnitude 3,2 a été enregistrée jeudi à 11h16 dans la wilaya de Tipaza, a indiqué un communiqué du Centre de recherche en astronomie astrophysique et géophysique (CRAAG). L’épicentre de la secousse a été localisé à
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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),