Overall Green Earthquake alert in Antarctica on 23 Feb 2016 18:08 UTC

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M 5.8 in Antarctica on 23 Feb 2016 18:08 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 1081211
Earthquake Magnitude:	5.8M
Depth:	10 Km
Lat/Lon:	-63.0328 , 144.9961
Event Date:	23 Feb 2016 18:08 UTC 24 Feb 2016 04:08 Local
Exposed Population:	No people within 100km
Inserted at:	24 Feb 2016 15:03 UTC

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake		GDACS score
NEIC	0		0
	Scaled population (vector)	n.a
	C1 earthquake	n.a
	C2 earthquake	n.a
	Country Vulnerability	n.a
	INFORM_normalised	n.a

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Latest media headlines

Articles: 339 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 0

Alcalde de Constitución pone en duda cifras de reconstrucción del gobi ... Sat, 27 Feb 2016 17:57:00 +0100.

El alcalde de Constitución, Carlos Valenzuela (UDI), cuestionó las cifras de reconstrucción entregadas por el gobierno a seis años de la tragedia ocurrida con el terremoto y posterior tsunami del 27 de febrero de 2010 que afectó a la zona c

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Bachelet anuncia creación de comité de ministros para reconstrucción, ... Sat, 27 Feb 2016 17:02:00 +0100.

En el marco de las actividades de conmemoración del 27F, a seis años del terremoto 8,8° Richter y posterior tsunami de 2010, la presidenta Michelle Bachelet junto a dos de sus ministros, Alberto Undurraga y Paulina Saball, recorrieron disti

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Bachelet: "No hemos reconstruido para dejar las cosas como estaban, si ... Sat, 27 Feb 2016 16:57:00 +0100.

Este sábado y a seis años del terremoto 8,8 Richter y posterior tsunami que sacudieron al país el 27 de febrero de 2010, la presidenta Michelle Bachelet junto a dos de sus ministros, Alberto Undurraga y Paulina Saball, recorrieron distintos

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Dirigentes RN cuestionan escasos avances en investigación por caso Tsu ... Sat, 27 Feb 2016 16:33:00 +0100.

Enfatizan que a seis años de la tragedia aún no tiene responsables. Los presidentes regionales de Renovación Nacional en El Maule, Gonzalo Montero, y Biobío, Frank Saurbaum, quien además participó en la comisión investigadora por el terremo

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),

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