M 5.9 Off-shore on 25 Jul 2016 08:58 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 1090599
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -49.4576 , 126.249
Event Date: 25 Jul 2016 08:58 UTC
25 Jul 2016 16:58 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 25 Jul 2016 09:18 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20006hdi Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Meteo assessment
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 965 | About casualties: 49 | Last hour: 0

Temple ruins of Kamrup kingdom face flood threatFri, 29 Jul 2016 08:33:00 +0200.

Guwahati: The site of a ruined, ancient temple at Bhitoripam village in flood-hit Lakhimpur district, which experts believe to be the remains of the prosperous Kamrup kingdom, once again faces the threat of extinction if incessant rain cont
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Terremoto y peculadoFri, 29 Jul 2016 08:31:00 +0200.

La Ley de Solidaridad (para la reconstrucción y reactivación de las zonas afectadas por el reciente terremoto) fue muy clara cuando, en su penúltimo “considerando”, y como justificación para ser dictada, dijo que “es necesario recaudar de f
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Japanese emperor to deliver abdication speech in AugustFri, 29 Jul 2016 08:19:00 +0200.

The speech is planned to take place around August 8 after an extraordinary session of the Japanese Parliament, and a cabinet reshuffle scheduled for August 3. The Emperor is anticipated to deliver a speech aired live for about 10 minutes. S
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La vie des douze Césars (5/12) : Claude - Partie IFri, 29 Jul 2016 08:11:00 +0200.

Oldies but goldies La vie des douze Césars (5/12) : Claude - Partie I. En ces temps électoraux primaires, nous poursuivons notre feuilleton d’été avec le cinquième des Douze Césars de Suétone : Claude, qui en bon politicien ne fit pas honne
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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 (41), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),