M 5.8 in Samoa on 01 Aug 2013 20:01 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 1001109
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.8M
Depth: 17 Km
Lat/Lon: -15.2824 , -173.4438
Event Date: 01 Aug 2013 20:01 UTC
01 Aug 2013 08:01 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 01 Aug 2013 20:32 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

Articles: 374 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

Samoa Quake Triggers Tsunami Watch, Schools Play It SafeMon, 05 Aug 2013 01:38:00 +0200.

Heavy shaking creates fear but no evidence of tsunami. By Sophie Budvietas. APIA, Samoa (Samoa Observer, Aug. 3, 2013) – The five to 10 second long quake struck at 9.01am approximately 167 kilometres south-west of Apia. A tsunami watch was
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EAGLE SCOUT CANDIDATE TAKES COMMUNITY SERVICE TO NEW HEIGHTSSun, 04 Aug 2013 23:30:00 +0200.

By Teri Hunkin ShareThis reporters@samoanews.com Eagle Scout projects are meant to benefit entire communities, and one Eagle scout candidate from Hawaiijust 15 years oldtook that to heart, bringing the concept of community service to a whol
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Cutremur mare Lu, 05 Aug 2013, 0:00Sun, 04 Aug 2013 23:21:00 +0200.

Un seism cu magnitudinea de 6,0 a avut loc duminică în largul Japoniei, fără însă a declanşa vreun tsunami, anunţă Institutul nipon de geofizică. Operatorul centralei nucleare de la Fukushima a anunţat că nu s-au înregistrat probleme. Cutre
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Un cutremur cu magnitudinea de 6,0 s-a produs duminică în largul Japon ... Sun, 04 Aug 2013 23:20:00 +0200.

Un cutremur cu magnitudinea de 6,0 s-a produs duminică în largul Japoniei, fără însă a declanşa vreun tsunami şi fără a provoca daune importante, anunţă Institutul nipon de geofizică. Seismul a avut loc la ora locală 12.29 (6.29, ora Români
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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.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (40), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),