M 5.5 in Guam on 27 Dec 2017 23:58 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 1129632
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 14.76 Km
Lat/Lon: 12.0301 , 144.3807
Event Date: 27 Dec 2017 23:58 UTC
28 Dec 2017 09:58 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 28 Dec 2017 00:17 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Guam)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us1000bwx7 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 120 | About casualties: 12 | Last hour: 0

Después de 13 años, un barco que rescató a 59 personas de un tsunami, ... Thu, 28 Dec 2017 15:43:00 +0100.

Nadie olvida en Banda Aceh, zona cero del tsunami de 2004, pero aún menos los vecinos del barrio de Lampulo, donde las olas arrastraron un barco que en el que se refugiaron decenas de personas , que lograron así salvar la vida. La embarcaci
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Un barco que sirvió para rescatar a 59 personas, sigue en un techoThu, 28 Dec 2017 14:15:00 +0100.

Nadie olvida en Banda Aceh, zona cero del tsunami de 2004, pero aún menos los vecinos del barrio de Lampulo, donde las olas arrastraron un barco que en el que se refugiaron decenas de personas, que lograron así salvar la vida. La embarcació
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RUNAWAYS – Recensione dell'episodio 1x08 “Tsunami”Thu, 28 Dec 2017 13:57:00 +0100.

(Di giovedì 28 dicembre 2017) Come volevasi dimostrare, sono (siamo) tornati in azione!Il titolo di questo episodio non poteva essere più appropriato. Quello a cui assistiamo è infatti un vero e proprio tsunami di eventi che sfascia famigli
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Solomon Officials: People Must Be Vigilant Following QuakesThu, 28 Dec 2017 13:40:00 +0100.

3 earthquakes within a week, need for disaster preparedness. WELLINGTON, New Zealand (Radio New Zealand International, August 17, 2015) – The Solomon Islands National Disaster Management Office says three strong earthquakes within a week sh
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),