M 6.2 in Canada on 01 May 2017 12:31 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 1111755
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.2M
Depth: 2.18 Km
Lat/Lon: 59.8438 , -136.6945
Event Date: 01 May 2017 12:31 UTC
01 May 2017 05:31 Local
Exposed Population: About 100 people within 100km
Inserted at: 01 May 2017 12:54 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.4 (Canada)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Canada= 2.4; United States= 2.2

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10008mel Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Climber stranded on Canada's tallest peak after earthquake for several.. 5/5/2017 12:08:00 PM.

An experienced Argentine climber who had been stranded on Canada's tallest peak since Monday has been rescued. Natalia Martínez was nine days into a solo traverse of Mount Logan when an earthquake struck triggering several avalanches that m
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Tsunami allergie: 700 milioni di persone soffrono di rinite allergica .. 5/5/2017 11:01:00 AM.

(Di venerdì 5 maggio 2017) 700 milioni di persone nel mondo soffrono di rinite allergica e asma . Ecco quali sono le allergie più diffuse e come correre ai ripari Leggi la notizia. : Tsunami allergie: 700 milioni di persone soffrono di r
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Argentine climber rescued off Mt Logan after quake and avalanche 5/5/2017 10:09:00 AM.

Image copyright Arran Whiteford Image caption Martínez was described as an experienced climber. A lone Argentine mountaineer has been rescued, four days after she was trapped on Canada's highest peak after avalanches triggered by an earthqu
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Intentaban rescatar anoche a la montañista argentina 5/5/2017 7:40:00 AM.

MENDOZA.- Atrapada y sola, la andinista mendocina Natalia Martínez, de 37 años, resiste, como puede, en medio del monte Logan, la montaña más alta de Canadá, situada en el territorio de Yukón. Con sus guantes casi congelados por el frío y l
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2), CALTECH (1),