M 5.1 Off-shore from 12 Apr 2016 18:43 UTC to 18:43

Event summary

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

GDACS ID EQ 1084246
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 13.16 Km
Lat/Lon: 50.23 , -28.9639
Event Date: 12 Apr 2016 18:43 UTC
12 Apr 2016 16:43 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 12 Apr 2016 19:06 UTC

GDACS Score

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

Latest media headlines

Japan earthquakes: 'Race against the clock' to find survivors 4/16/2016 6:04:00 PM.

At least 32 people have died in the latest Kyushu earthquake, according to Kumamoto Prefecture's disaster management office. The magnitude-7.0 quake hit early Saturday. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe described the search for survivors in piles o
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Bebé fue rescatada de una casa derrumbada tras terremoto en Japón 4/16/2016 6:04:00 PM.

(16 de abril de 2016. El Venezolano).- Luego de seis horas del terremoto de 6,5 en Japón, equipos japoneses de rescate sacaron de los escombros de una casa a una niña de 8 meses. En el video publicado por AFP, se puede observar como las aut
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Tenerife building collapse death toll rises to SEVEN 4/16/2016 6:03:00 PM.

'No-one was on the terrace because I don't open till 5pm but if this had happened in the evening, it would have been far worse. 'The noise when the building collapsed was tremendous. There was work going on in an old commercial premises on
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AP PHOTOS: The path of destruction from Japan's earthquakes 4/16/2016 6:02:00 PM.

The stonewall of Kumamoto Castle is seen damaged after the earthquake in Kumamoto city, southern Japan, Saturday, April 16, 2016. A powerful earthquake struck southern Japan early Saturday, barely 24 hours after a smaller quake hit the same
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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 (2), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),