M 5 in Albania on 19 May 2014 00:59 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 1031937
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 40.95 , 19.79
Event Date: 19 May 2014 00:59 UTC
19 May 2014 02:59 Local
Exposed Population:
3124504 people within 100km
Inserted at: 19 May 2014 07:12 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0.2 0.2
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=378974 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: 323 | About casualties: 11 | Last hour: 0

Tepco to sell power beyond its core areasThu, 22 May 2014 23:35:00 +0200.

May 23, 2014 1:13 AM [TOKYO] In the latest sign that a shake-up in Japan's power industry following the Fukushima nuclear disaster may be taking hold, Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) said yesterday that it plans to sell electricity outside
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Kolkata lucky to escape a tsunami-like disasterThu, 22 May 2014 23:12:00 +0200.

It is probably the strike-slip movement of the tectonic plates and the depth of the fault that prevented a potentially devastating tsunami from striking the eastern coast on Wednesday night.
Tremors felt in Delhi unusual, says expertThu, 22 May 2014 21:17:00 +0200.

It’s highly unusual for a moderate earthquake that occurred beneath the sea in the Bay of Bengal to be felt as far as Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, averred an expert.Expressing surprise over rep...
Tremors felt in Delhi unusual, says expertThu, 22 May 2014 20:46:00 +0200.

It’s highly unusual for a moderate earthquake that occurred beneath the sea in the Bay of Bengal to be felt as far as Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, averred an expert.Expressing surprise over rep...

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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),