M 5.2 Off-shore on 06 Mar 2021 18:16 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 1259243
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 21.0903 , 144.4038
Event Date: 06 Mar 2021 18:16 UTC
07 Mar 2021 04:16 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 06 Mar 2021 23:09 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000dgkj Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 732 | About casualties: 24 | Last hour: 0

Propagation of large earthquakes as self-healing pulses or mild cracksWed, 10 Mar 2021 17:46:00 +0100.

. The approaches for estimating radiated energy can be evaluated using synthetic data from various physics-based models, such as the simulations in this work. In summary, we find that two commonly invoked physical models for low-heat, low-s
...(more)
Rising magma at Mount Nyiragongo alarms Congo's volcano-watchersWed, 10 Mar 2021 17:42:00 +0100.

Lava lake lights up the night sky on Mount Nyiragongo volcano, inside the Virunga National Park, near Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Analysts say the crater of Mount Nyiragongo in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
...(more)
Rising magma at Mount Nyiragongo alarms Congo's volcano-watchersWed, 10 Mar 2021 17:42:00 +0100.

Lava lake lights up the night sky on Mount Nyiragongo volcano, inside the Virunga National Park, near Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Analysts say the crater of Mount Nyiragongo in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
...(more)
Propagation of large earthquakes as self-healing pulses or mild cracksWed, 10 Mar 2021 17:38:00 +0100.

. The approaches for estimating radiated energy can be evaluated using synthetic data from various physics-based models, such as the simulations in this work. In summary, we find that two commonly invoked physical models for low-heat, low-s
...(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 (48), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (1),