M 5.2 in Madagascar on 18 Sep 2024 00:25 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 1446230
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -25.7298 , 47.2709
Event Date: 18 Sep 2024 00:25 UTC
18 Sep 2024 03:25 Local
Exposed Population:
170 thousand in MMI IV
Inserted at: 18 Sep 2024 00:44 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Madagascar)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000nstp Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

Terremoto Madagascar, scossa di magnitudo stimata 5.2 a Amboasary-Atsi.. 9/18/2024 1:32:00 AM.

Scossa di terremoto. Una scossa di terremoto di magnitudo stimata attorno a 5.2, si è verificata alle ore 01:00 (ore 02:25 in Italia) con epicentro nei pressi di Amboasary-Atsimo, Madagascar. La profondità stimata è stata di circa 9 Km . Po
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Strong mag. 5.2 earthquake - 82 km SSE of Tôlanaro, Madagascar, on Wed.. 9/18/2024 12:55:00 AM.

Just 14 minutes ago, a 5.3-magnitude earthquake struck near Ambovombe, Androy, Madagascar. The tremor was recorded early morning on Wednesday, September 18th, 2024, at 3:25 am local time, at a shallow depth of 10 km below the surface. The e
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Significant earthquake of magnitude 5.3 just reported 88 km southeast .. 9/18/2024 12:55:00 AM.

Just 14 minutes ago, a 5.3-magnitude earthquake struck near Ambovombe, Androy, Madagascar. The tremor was recorded early morning on Wednesday, September 18th, 2024, at 3:25 am local time, at a shallow depth of 10 km below the surface. The e
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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), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),