M 5.7 Off-shore on 15 Aug 2020 06:40 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 1230284
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -22.6906 , -112.3134
Event Date: 15 Aug 2020 06:40 UTC
14 Aug 2020 23:40 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 Aug 2020 08:42 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000bf3f 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: 916 | About casualties: 79 | Last hour: 0

US Geological SurveyWed, 19 Aug 2020 07:50:00 +0200.

United States Geological Survey. The United States Geological Survey USGS , formerly simply Geological Survey ) is a scientific of the . The of the USGS study the of the , its , and the natural hazards that threaten it. The organization has
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Hundreds of aftershocks jolt quake-hit central Philippine provinceWed, 19 Aug 2020 07:49:00 +0200.

(dpa/NAN) Hundreds of aftershocks have jolted a central Philippine province following a powerful earthquake, the country’s chief seismologist said on Wednesday, warning residents to stay away from damaged houses and buildings that could col
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Al-Aqsa mosqueWed, 19 Aug 2020 07:41:00 +0200.

Al-Aqsa Mosque. Al-Aqsa Mosque المسجد الاقصى al-Masjid al-Aqṣā IPA: [ʔælˈmæsdʒɪd ælˈʔɑqsˤɑ] , “the Farthest Mosque”), also known as Al-Aqsa and Bayt al-Muqaddas , is the third holiest site in and is located in the of Jerusalem . The site on
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Fuertes terremotos sacuden las costas de IndonesiaWed, 19 Aug 2020 07:38:00 +0200.

El primer sismo de magnitud 6,8 ocurrió a las 05:23 (hora local) y el segundo seis minutos después con una magnitud 6,9. Sin embargo, no se emitió la alerta de tsunami. Según el Sistema de Alerta de Tsunamis del Océano Índico, los terremoto
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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),