M 5.8 in Central East Pacific Rise on 18 Feb 2021 19:31 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 1256548
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -9.1898 , -108.4361
Event Date: 18 Feb 2021 19:31 UTC
18 Feb 2021 12:31 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 Feb 2021 21:56 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000diqr Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 516 | About casualties: 43 | Last hour: 0

10 years on, NZ's Christchurch remembers 185 earthquake victimsMon, 22 Feb 2021 19:26:00 +0100.

A memorial service was held on Monday in New Zealand's second largest city of Christchurch to mark the 10th anniversary of a violent and destructive earthquake that claimed 185 lives spanning more than 20 nationalities, including 24 Chinese
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Magnitude 3.5 earthquake strikes near famous Garda Lake in northern It ... Mon, 22 Feb 2021 14:35:00 +0100.

A shallow magnitude 3.5 earthquake hit near Italy's famous Garda lake on Monday, 22 Feb. 2021, at 1:04 pm local time. According to Italy's National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV), the quake occurred at a shallow depth of 12
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Feature: Ten years on, New Zealand's Christchurch remembers 185 earthq ... Mon, 22 Feb 2021 14:10:00 +0100.

People attend the memorial service in Christchurch, New Zealand, Feb. 22, 2021. A memorial service was held on Monday in New Zealand's second largest city of Christchurch to mark the 10th anniversary of a violent and destructive earthquake
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Magnitude 3.5 earthquake strikes near Trento, Province of Trente, Tiro ... Mon, 22 Feb 2021 14:05:00 +0100.

Just 55 minutes ago, a 3.5-magnitude earthquake struck near Trento, Province of Trente, Tirol Meridional, Italy. The tremor was recorded around noon on Monday 22 February 2021 at 1:04 pm local time, at a shallow depth of 12.2 km below the s
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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),