M 5.8 in Australia on 16 Dec 2018 14:26 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 1165431
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -23.327 , 112.4851
Event Date: 16 Dec 2018 14:26 UTC
16 Dec 2018 21:26 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI V
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 16 Dec 2018 15:35 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Australia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000iu4a Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Australia - Earthquake (ECHO 17 Dec 2018)Mon, 17 Dec 2018 11:02

  • An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 M at a depth of 10 km occurred off the coast of central Western Australia State (Australia) on 16 December at 14.26 UTC. The epicentre was located in the Coral Bay 125 km west of the coast and approx. 205 km north-west of Carnarvon town. USGS PAGER estimates that 1 000 people were exposed to moderate shaking.
  • As of 17 December at 8.00 UTC, there are no reports of casualties or damage.
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

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Putting quakes on spatial mapsWed, 19 Dec 2018 04:10:00 +0100.

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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), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),