Description
Activation time (UTC): 2016-08-03 18:06:00
Event time (UTC): 2016-08-01 12:00:00
Event type: Earthquake
Activation reason:
Increased seismic activity on Brava Island, Cape Verde, was observed the 01 August 2016. There were low intensity tremors felt in coastal areas. Authorities have evacuated 300 people from the island situated in the south of the Cape Verde archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean due to concerns of a volcanic eruption.
Reference products: 1
Delineation products: 0
Grading products: 0
Copernicus Emergency Management Service - Mapping is a service funded by European Commission aimed at providing actors in the management of natural and man-made disasters, in particular Civil Protection Authorities and Humanitarian Aid actors, with mapping products based on satellite imagery.
Contact
Contributors
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre
- https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en
How to cite
European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2016): Seismic activity in Brava Island (2016-08-03). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/6b560faf-4c53-4bb1-9a4d-080f11d4a2cb
Keywords
Cape Verde CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service Earthquake Emergency Emergency Management EMSR172 Mapping Rapid Mapping Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation CPV
Data access
All maps produced in scope of this Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping activation downloadable as georeferenced PDFs, TIFFs and JPEGs together with relevant vector data (SHP, KML) as well.
Spatial coverage
Type | Value |
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GML | <gml:Envelope srsName="http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/OGC/1.3/CRS84"><gml:lowerCorner>-24.7608272115334 14.7953032635459</gml:lowerCorner><gml:upperCorner>-24.650101494306 14.9076321392437</gml:upperCorner></gml:Envelope> |
GEO | POLYGON((-24.760827211533 14.907632139244,-24.650101494306 14.907632139244,-24.650101494306 14.795303263546,-24.760827211533 14.795303263546,-24.760827211533 14.907632139244)) |
GEO | {"type":"Polygon","crs":{"type":"name","properties":{"name":"urn:ogc:def:crs:OGC:1.3:CRS84"}},"coordinates":[[[-24.7608272115334,14.9076321392437],[-24.650101494306,14.9076321392437],[-24.650101494306,14.7953032635459],[-24.7608272115334,14.7953032635459],[-24.7608272115334,14.9076321392437]]]} |
Lineage information
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Additional information
- Published by
- European Commission, Joint Research Centre
- Created date
- 2021-04-23
- Modified date
- 2021-04-19
- Issued date
- 2016-08-03
- Landing page
- https://emergency.copernicus.eu/EMSR172
- Language(s)
- English
- Data theme(s)
- Regions and cities, Science and technology
- Update frequency
- unknown
- Identifier
- http://data.europa.eu/89h/6b560faf-4c53-4bb1-9a4d-080f11d4a2cb
- Popularity
-