M 5.3 Off-shore on 08 Apr 2021 01:00 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 1263908
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -28.9739 , -176.3436
Event Date: 08 Apr 2021 01:00 UTC
07 Apr 2021 13:00 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 08 Apr 2021 21:36 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000dzw2 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 692 | About casualties: 82 | Last hour: 0

Deja sismo ocho decesos y dañosMon, 12 Apr 2021 00:35:00 +0200.

Un fuerte terremoto mató al menos a ocho personas, hirió a otras 23 y causó daños en más de 300 edificios en Java, la principal isla de Indonesia, y se sintió además en Bali, informaron las autoridades el sábado. No se emitieron alertas de
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Nouveau séisme meurtrier en AfghanistanMon, 12 Apr 2021 00:29:00 +0200.

Le village de Doabi, une localité de plus de 3.000 habitants dans le nord de l'Afghanistan, a été détruit par un tremblement de terre vendredi dont le bilan provisoire s'élève à 30 morts et 130 blessés, selon l'organisation non gouvernement
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Earthquake alertMon, 12 Apr 2021 00:19:00 +0200.

Day and Time: April 11, 2021, 9 p.m. Epicenter: In Kagoshima Prefecture. N 29.3, E 129.3. Depth: 20 kilometers. Preliminary magnitude: 4.4. Seismic intensity scale: 4 out of maximum 7. Note: No tsunami warning issued. ==Kyodo. To have the
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3.1 magnitude quake recoded in AqabaMon, 12 Apr 2021 00:18:00 +0200.

AMMAN — An earthquake measuring 3.1 on the Richter scale at a depth of 10 kilometres was recorded in the south of Aqaba on Sunday, Jordan Seismological Observatory (JSO) Director Ghassan Sweidan said. The earthquake, reported at 4:55am by t
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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),