M 5.6 Off-shore on 05 Sep 2019 09:12 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 1188053
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -2.5119 , 68.5123
Event Date: 05 Sep 2019 09:12 UTC
05 Sep 2019 14:12 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 05 Sep 2019 16:40 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us70005c8l 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: 452 | About casualties: 53 | Last hour: 0

1 dead, 63 injured in Sichuan quakeMon, 09 Sep 2019 08:00:00 +0200.

CHENGDU, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- The 5.4-magnitude earthquake in southwest China's Sichuan Province had killed one person and left 63 others injured, three severely, as of 6 p.m. Sunday, local authorities said. The quake, which jolted Weiyuan C
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Dorian survivors desperate to evacuate Bahamas as death toll climbs to ... Mon, 09 Sep 2019 07:40:00 +0200.

“Some places it’s like nothing happened,” he said. “Other places, it’s like they were hit by a nuclear bomb.” The death toll remained at 44 on Sunday, but the government has warned that the number will be significantly higher when the exten
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Tokyo: Typhoon Faxai leaves one dead, dozens injuredMon, 09 Sep 2019 07:18:00 +0200.

One of the strongest typhoons to hit the Japanese capital in recent years swept through Tokyo on Monday, killing one person and injuring more than 30. Winds reached speeds of up to 216 kilometers (134 miles) per hour. The typhoon also wreak
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Tokyo: Typhoon Faxai leaves one dead, dozens injured The strongest win ... Mon, 09 Sep 2019 06:58:00 +0200.

One of the strongest typhoons to hit the Japanese capital in recent years swept through Tokyo on Monday, killing one person and injuring more than 30. Winds reached speeds of up to 216 kilometers (134 miles) per hour. The typhoon also wreak
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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),