M 5.1 in Ascension Island Region on 11 Jun 2017 16:29 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 1114750
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -6.8036 , -11.8073
Event Date: 11 Jun 2017 16:29 UTC
11 Jun 2017 15:29 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 11 Jun 2017 16:57 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20009lv8 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 785 | About casualties: 61 | Last hour: 0

На исследование реактора АЭС «Фукусима» отправится робот-рыбаThu, 15 Jun 2017 16:28:00 +0200.

Робот-рыба создана в Японии для обследования ядерного реактора АЭС «Фукусима-1», поврежденного во время землетрясения и цунами 2011 года, сообщило агентство Киодо. Разработка была показана и протестирована в японском городе Йокосука. Цилин
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هل يهبط النفط إلى 30 دولاراً من جديد؟Thu, 15 Jun 2017 15:53:00 +0200.

حذّر الأكاديمي وأحد أبرز محللي سوق الطاقة العالمي فريدون فيشاراكي من هبوط حاد بأسعار النفط قد يعود بها إلى 30 دولاراً للبرميل، حال فشلت «أوبك» في تعميق تخفيضات الإنتاج المتفق عليها. وخلال مقابلة مع «سي إن بي سي» قال مؤسس ورئيس شركة «إف جي إ
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Swimming robot to study damage at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plantThu, 15 Jun 2017 15:41:00 +0200.

A Japanese industrial group has unveiled a swimming robot designed to be used underwater to probe damage from meltdowns at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Remote controlled robots are key to
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Swimming Robot To Probe Damage At Japan Nuclear PlantThu, 15 Jun 2017 15:26:00 +0200.

YOKOSUKA, Japan (AP) — A Japanese industrial group unveiled Thursday a robot designed for underwater probes of damage from meltdowns at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Remote controlled robo
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
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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), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),