M 6.7 in United States on 29 May 2015 07:00 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 1056099
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.7M
Depth: 55.6 Km
Lat/Lon: 56.5885 , -156.4354
Event Date: 29 May 2015 07:00 UTC
28 May 2015 21:00 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 29 May 2015 08:19 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
ALASKA EC 0 0 0.5
Scaled population (vector) n.a Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake n.a Max wave realtime 0m  
  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: 1114 | About casualties: 24 | Last hour: 0

Series of quakes strikes off Northwest coast; no tsunamisTue, 02 Jun 2015 06:52:00 +0200.

Five earthquakes ranging in magnitude up to 5.9 have struck off the coast of the Pacific Northwest, but they weren't strong enough to generate tsunamis, scientists said. The earthquakes were shallow, at 6 miles deep, often a signal of a dan
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WAV Donates $1m to Victims of Earthquake in NepalTue, 02 Jun 2015 06:46:00 +0200.

earthquake. Ejiofor Alike. West African Ventures Limited, a hundred per cent Nigerian indigenous company and a subsidiary of the Sea Trucks Group has donated $1 million in aids to the unfortunate victims of the recent devastating earthquake
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UPDATE. Un cutremur puternic a avut loc în Japonia. Clădirile au fost ... Tue, 02 Jun 2015 06:30:00 +0200.

UPDATE. Un cutremur puternic a avut loc sâmbătă în largul coastelor de sud ale Japoniei şi a fost resimţit în întreaga ţară, dar fără să provoace victime sau pagube şi fără să declanşeze o alertă de tsunami, relatează BBC News online, confo
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Cinco temblores sacuden el noreste de Estados UnidosTue, 02 Jun 2015 04:47:00 +0200.

SALEM, Oregon.- Una serie de cinco sismos, el más grande de magnitud 5.9, sacudió un área del noroeste de Estados Unidos conocida por la constante actividad en sus fallas tectónicas, pero hasta el momento existe poco peligro de tsunami. Los
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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.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (81), (5), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (2), INFORM (4), USGS (2), NOAA (1),