M 6.1 in Samoa on 07 Nov 2020 09:27 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 1242897
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.1M
Depth: 29.3 Km
Lat/Lon: -15.2741 , -173.5606
Event Date: 07 Nov 2020 09:27 UTC
06 Nov 2020 21:27 Local
Exposed Population: About 800 people within 100km
Inserted at: 07 Nov 2020 17:29 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Samoa)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000cbr2 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: 8 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Earthquake overnight in Samoa region does not generate a tsunamiSat, 07 Nov 2020 20:51:00 +0100.

Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A magnitude 6.1 earthquake was felt overnight in Samoa near the village of Hihifo. The earthquake hit late at night on Saturday 7 November 2020 at 10.27 pm local Samoa time at a shallow depth of 10 km. The exact
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samoa Late night 6.5 tremor shakes Samoa out of bed By Mata'afa Keni L ... Sat, 07 Nov 2020 11:10:00 +0100.

A 6.5 magnitude earthquake shook Samoa late on Saturday evening; alarming residents and waking them back up near midnight. The quake struck at 11.27 pm Samoan time and it lasted for over 30 seconds. There was the first initial strike and th
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Delivering a safer ocean in the CaribbeanThu, 05 Nov 2020 04:47:00 +0100.

UNESCO and the European Commission just completed a major project to strengthen capacities to detect and respond to tsunamis and other coastal hazards in seven Caribbean countries. Communities in Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, St. Vincent a
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Delivering a safer ocean in the CaribbeanWed, 04 Nov 2020 20:09:00 +0100.

Communities in Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and in Trinidad and Tobago have recently been recognized as “Tsunami Ready” at the end of a two-year tsunami early-warning and preparedness project funded by the
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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), (3), NEIC (5), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),