M 5.6 in Maldives on 17 Mar 2021 00:04 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 1261052
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -1.8138 , 69.1644
Event Date: 17 Mar 2021 00:04 UTC
17 Mar 2021 05:04 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 17 Mar 2021 00:22 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Maldives)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000dk21 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: 3 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Man missing since tsunami in 2004 'found in psychiatric hospital' A ma ... Fri, 19 Mar 2021 11:46:00 +0100.

A man who went missing following the 2004 tsunami may have been located at a mental hospital. Police are awaiting DNA results to determine whether a man found in a Banda Aceh mental institution is Zainal Abidin, also known as Asep, a police
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Un policier déclaré mort après le tsunami de 2004 « retrouvé VIVANT da ... Thu, 18 Mar 2021 15:17:00 +0100.

Un COP qui a été déclaré mort à la suite du tsunami du lendemain de Noël de 2004 aurait été retrouvé vivant dans un hôpital psychiatrique plus de 16 ans plus tard. Le tremblement de terre et le tsunami de l’océan Indien le lendemain de Noël
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Maldives of Thailand ‘Koh Pha islands’ in Phang Nga with crystal clear ... Thu, 11 Mar 2021 11:27:00 +0100.

Visitors to Koh Pha must board villagers’ boats at the Ban Pak Ko pier in Takua Pa district and travel through the estuary of Ban Nam Khem canal to reach the newly promoted tourist attraction. The beautiful Koh Pha islands in southern provi
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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),