M 5.8 in Reykjanes Ridge on 26 Sep 2022 09:59 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 1339288
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.8M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 53.9977 , -35.2318
Event Date: 26 Sep 2022 09:59 UTC
26 Sep 2022 07:59 Local
Exposed Population:
Inserted at: 27 Sep 2022 14:47 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000ib26 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 457 | About casualties: 16 | Last hour: 0

Mazzata per le famiglie in arrivo: dall'1 ottobre la bolletta dell'ele ... 2022-09-30T09:23+0200.

Se fino a oggi erano state soprattutto aziende ed enti a pagare il prezzo più alto, ora anche le famiglie si troveranno costrette ad affrontare un aumento monstre della bolletta dell'elettricità. Fino a oggi, gli interventi del Governo per
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La Libertad registró un temblor de magnitud 42022-09-30T08:03+0200.

Un temblor de magnitud 4 ocurrió este viernes 30 de septiembre en la ciudad de Chepen , en la provincia de Chepen del departamento de La Libertad, informó el Centro Sismológico Nacional (Censis) del Instituto Geofísico de Perú (IGP). El mov
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Man spoken to by police after hoax tsunami threat2022-09-30T05:59+0200.

Police have spoken to a man after a hoax tsunami threat in Dunedin last night. Senior Sergeant Anthony Bond says members of the public reported a vehicle driving up and down Cavell St and the surrounding area about 9.30pm, transmitting thro
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Get ready to ShakeOut Tairawhiti - Gisborne District Council2022-09-30T05:58+0200.

Registrations are now open for the national ShakeOut event happening next month. As part of our region’s earthquake drill and tsunami hÄ«koi, Civil Defence and Council are encouraging everyone to take part. Wherever you are at 9.30am, Thurs
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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 (48), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (1),