Overall Green alert Flood
in Australia

Event summary

This flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 4399
Death: 1
Displaced: 280
Countries: Australia
From - To 10 Sep - 22 Sep

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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 145 | About casualties: 40 | Last hour: 0

'Boom': Tremors felt as 'meteor' crashes near GladstoneMon, 26 Sep 2016 22:07:00 +0200.

WHAT WE KNOW: -Gladstone police have received about 20 calls from resident who head a "boom" -Fire crews are en route to Emerald after reports of an aircraft incident. -Residents have reported feeling a tremor. -Footage shows Gladstone's sk
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Earthquake strikes off the coast of Airlie BeachMon, 26 Sep 2016 22:07:00 +0200.

Update, 11.36pm: The Bureau of Meteorology has advised there is no tsunami threat to the Australian coast after a 3.8-magnitude earthquake hit just off the coast of Airlie Beach earlier tonight. Initial: A 3.8-magnitude earthquake has stru
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Small earthquake recorded near Cessnock | MAPMon, 26 Sep 2016 20:52:00 +0200.

A small earthquake recorded near Cessnock on Tuesday was the eighth in the Hunter Region in the past month. The 2.6-magnitude quake was recorded at 10.05pm on September 20 in Heaton State Forest at Quorrobolong (about 15 kilometres south-ea
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People report meteorite crashing into water over central QueenslandMon, 26 Sep 2016 15:20:00 +0200.

A fireball, meteorite or piece of flaming space junk is believed to have crashed into the ocean just off the coast of central Queensland on Monday night. Thousands of residents along the coastline reported seeing a bright flash of orange li
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), NASA (7), INFORM (1), (1),