M 5.6 in Algeria on 26 May 2015 06:17 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 1055876
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.6M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 36.04 , -0.58
Event Date: 26 May 2015 06:17 UTC
26 May 2015 07:17 Local
Exposed Population:
3168244 people within 100km
Inserted at: 26 May 2015 06:25 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0 0
443834 Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 429 | About casualties: 37 | Last hour: 0

Perú realiza simulacro para afrontar un sismo 8,5 y posterior tsunamiSat, 30 May 2015 05:33:00 +0200.

Las autoridades peruanas realizaron este viernes un simulacro de un terremoto de magnitud 8,5 en la escala de Richter y de un posterior tsunami que dejaría más de 83.000 fallecidos y más de 3.700 desaparecidos, según el reporte elaborado po
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Alaska quakeSat, 30 May 2015 05:02:00 +0200.

ALASKA: An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 struck off the southwest coast of Alaska on Friday, the US Geological Survey reported. The USGS said the quake’s epicenter was 104 km (64 miles) south-southeast of Ugashik and 61.7 km deep. The
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Peru realizou simulacro de sismo com 83.000 mortosSat, 30 May 2015 04:50:00 +0200.

As autoridades peruanas realizaram sexta-feira um simulacro de terramoto de magnitude 8,5 na escala de Richter seguido de tsunami que deixaria mais de 83.000 mortos e mais de 3.700 desaparecidos, refere uma nota do Instituto de Proteção Civ
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En Perú sismo magnitud 8,5 y tsunami dejaría 83 mil muertosSat, 30 May 2015 04:33:00 +0200.

Las autoridades peruanas realizaron este viernes un simulacro de un terremoto de magnitud 8,5 en la escala de Richter y de un posterior tsunami que dejaría más de 83.000 fallecidos y más de 3.700 desaparecidos. El simulacro se inició a las
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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), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),