M 5.6 Off-shore on 07 May 2024 14:34 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 1427757
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 12.7 Km
Lat/Lon: -59.5295 , -18.0414
Event Date: 07 May 2024 14:34 UTC
07 May 2024 13:34 Local
Exposed Population:
Inserted at: 07 May 2024 17:16 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)
GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000mwyt Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (1),