M 6.8 in United States on 24 Jan 2016 10:30 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 1079127
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.8M
Depth: 123.4 Km
Lat/Lon: 59.6047 , -153.3405
Event Date: 24 Jan 2016 10:30 UTC
24 Jan 2016 01:30 Local
Exposed Population: About 3912 people within 100km
Inserted at: 24 Jan 2016 11:24 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
ALASKA EC n.a 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: 219 | About casualties: 13 | Last hour: 0

Algérie Algérie : comment les généraux ont écarté Chadli et plongé le ... Thu, 28 Jan 2016 09:39:00 +0100.

Costume sombre, assis les jambes croisées sur un canapé beige, Chadli Bendjedid tend une chemise cartonnée au président du Conseil constitutionnel qui, les mains tremblantes, peine à cacher son malaise. À l’intérieur de la chemise, sa lettr
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Serie de trei cutremure. Unul, de suprafață, aproape de Mangalia, în M ... Thu, 28 Jan 2016 09:27:00 +0100.

Primul a fost înregistrat la ora 21.40, în Vrancea și a avut magnitudinea de 3.1 grade. Cel de-al doilea la ora 23.02, cu aceeași magnitudine, tot în Vrancea. Al treilea cutremur, de 3.5 grade, a fost înregistrat în largul Mării Negre, la ș
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‘Really Big One’ article puts NW earthquake risk on White House agendaThu, 28 Jan 2016 09:26:00 +0100.

For decades, geologists, emergency managers and media in the Pacific Northwest have been warning that the region will someday be slammed by a megaquake and tsunami that could be the country’s worst natural disaster. But it took an East Coas
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Reihe "ZDF-History" setzte beim Homo heidelbergensis an "Die Apokalyps ... Thu, 28 Jan 2016 09:12:00 +0100.

Von Heribert Vogt. Mit dem rätselhaften Verschwinden einer ganzen Menschenart beschäftigte sich nun eine Ausgabe der TV-Reihe "ZDF-History" unter dem Titel "Die Apokalypse der Neandertaler" . Ging diese Spezies, die 300.000 Jahre lang Europ
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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 (88), (5), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (2), USGS (5), INFORM (4), NOAA (1),