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Seismic activity in Brava Island (2016-08-03)

Collection: CEMS-RM : CEMS Rapid Mapping 

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

Email
jrc-ems-rapidmapping (at) ec.europa.eu

Contributors

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

CEMS Copernicus Copernicus Emergency Management Service Copernicus Emergency Management Service Rapid Mapping Activation Copernicus EMS Copernicus Service CPV Cape Verde Earthquake Emergency Emergency Management EMSR172 Rapid Mapping Mapping

Data access

Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping Activation [EMSR172]: Seismic activity in Brava Island (2016-08-03)
Use conditions
European Commission reuse notice 
Access conditions
No limitations 
URL 

  • 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

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WKT 
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WKT 
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Lineage information

No additional information

Additional information

Published by
European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date
2021-04-19
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
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