M 4.9 Off-shore on 10 Aug 2016 23:23 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 1091628
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 59.02 Km
Lat/Lon: -20.676 , -175.2722
Event Date: 10 Aug 2016 23:23 UTC
11 Aug 2016 12:23 Local
Exposed Population:
About 84518 people within 100km
Inserted at: 11 Aug 2016 00:30 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10006csr Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. 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.

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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 (41), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),