M 4.9 in Antigua & Barbuda on 08 May 2024 14:43 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 1427902
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 20.7 Km
Lat/Lon: 16.7691 , -61.6692
Event Date: 08 May 2024 14:43 UTC
08 May 2024 10:43 Local
Exposed Population:
350 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 08 May 2024 15:03 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Antigua & Barbuda)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000mx8v Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 234 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 9

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SISMO Magnitud 6.2 Loc 76 km al SUROESTE de CD HIDALGO, CHIS 12/05/24 05:39:11 Lat 14.24 Lon -92.69 Pf 10 km pic.twitter.com/WC84wGkHJw — Sismológico Nacional (@SSNMexico) May 12, 2024 De acuerdo con información del Sismológico Nacional, el
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Un sismo despierta a los salvadoreños este domingo2024-05-12T14:26+0200.

El Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales localizó su epicentro en la zona cercana de la costa de Chiapas, en México, y no existe alerta de tsunami para el país. Un fuerte sismo fue de magnitud 6.4 fue percibido a las 5:39 de la
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What a tremor! There are four earthquakes this Saturday, two of them “ ... 2024-05-12T14:25+0200.

Minuto30.com – Four tremors were recorded this Saturday, May 11, in Colombian territory. Three on the Atlantic coast and one in Antioquia; all less than 30 kilometers deep. The first earthquake occurred at 12:25 p.m. local time; its magnitu
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Se registró un temblor de 6.2 de magnitud en Cd Hidalgo, Chiapas2024-05-12T14:18+0200.

Se reportó un temblor de magnitud 6.2 en las cercanías de la localidad de Cd Hidalgo, Chiapas, a las 5:39 hora del centro (11:39 UTC) este 12 de mayo. El sismo tuvo una profundidad de 10 kilómetros y el epicentro ocurrió a 76 km al suroeste
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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), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),