M 5.2 Off-shore from 08 Apr 2024 20:57 UTC to 20:58

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1423283
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 81.1 Km
Lat/Lon: -16.6 , -172.434
Event Date: 08 Apr 2024 20:58 UTC
08 Apr 2024 09:58 Local
Exposed Population:
Inserted at: 08 Apr 2024 21:13 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
PTWC 0 0
pt24099050 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.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

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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.
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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 (41), NEIC (5), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),