M 5.5 in Northern Mariana Islands on 29 Aug 2015 03:53 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 1064130
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 123.55 Km
Lat/Lon: 19.15 , 145.6645
Event Date: 29 Aug 2015 03:53 UTC
29 Aug 2015 13:53 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 29 Aug 2015 04:15 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC n.a n.a
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: 545 | About casualties: 29 | Last hour: 0

National › Fukushima-related child cancers unlikely to rise: IAEA repo ... Wed, 02 Sep 2015 01:22:00 +0200.

UNITED NATIONS. An increase in thyroid cancer among children is unlikely after the meltdown at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant four years ago, but it remains unclear exactly how much radiation children in the vicinity of the plant were expo
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NEMA Implements Emergency Warning SystemTue, 01 Sep 2015 23:05:00 +0200.

NASSAU, The Bahamas – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has implemented an emergency warning system to better prepare and inform the public about a disaster about to impact the country. The system was first tested during the p
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UN-Studie - "Tsunami aus Elektroschrott"Tue, 01 Sep 2015 21:36:00 +0200.

Der Chef des UN-Umweltprogramms, Achim Steiner, wählte kürzlich eine sehr anschauliche Beschreibung der Lage: Man sei konfrontiert mit einem „beispiellosen Tsunami aus Elektroschrott“. Der globale Müllberg aus ausgedienten Computern, Fernse
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Fukushima-related child cancers unlikely to rise IAEATue, 01 Sep 2015 21:31:00 +0200.

Fukushima-related child cancers unlikely to rise: IAEA. Reuters Tuesday 1st September, 2015. UNITED NATIONS An increase in thyroid cancer among children is unlikely after the meltdown at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant four years ago, but i
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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 (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),