M 6.9 in Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge on 04 Sep 2022 09:42 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 1336176
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -0.9499 , -21.7246
Event Date: 04 Sep 2022 09:42 UTC
04 Sep 2022 08:42 Local
Exposed Population:
Inserted at: 04 Sep 2022 10:30 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
us7000i53f Scaled population (raster) 0 Max wave alert 0m  
  C1 shakemap -0.59 Max wave realtime 0m  
  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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 833 | About casualties: 39 | Last hour: 0

VIDEO: Over 80 victims have been confirmed so far in the earthquake in ... 2022-09-08T09:44+0200.

The death toll from the 6,8-magnitude earthquake that struck southwest China's Sichuan province has risen to 82, Reuters reports. The earthquake the other day, the strongest to hit the province since 2017, has injured more than 270 people,
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Rural families will be worst hit by ‘tsunami’ of rising costs, warn Li ... 2022-09-08T09:37+0200.

According to the Lib Dems, the average “fuel poverty gap” – the amount needed to lift households from the fuel poor threshold – is to rise to £1,050 in rural areas when the price cap goes up. This compares to a projected £600 in urban areas
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Magnitude 3.1 earthquake jolts east Taiwan county2022-09-08T09:36+0200.

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) A magnitude 3.1 earthquake jolted eastern Taiwan on Thursday (Sept. 8) at 2:35 p.m., to the Central Weather Bureau. The epicenter of the quake was 38 kilometers south of Yilan County Hall, just off the coast of the cou
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Rural families will be worst hit by ‘tsunami’ of rising costs, Lib Dem ... 2022-09-08T09:14+0200.

Families in rural communities are set to be hardest hit by a “tsunami” of soaring energy costs, the Lib Dems have warned. The party says new research suggests those in rural areas living in fuel poverty will be £450 poorer than their urban
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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 (91), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), USGS (5), (3), INFORM (2), NOAA (1),