M 5.1 in United States on 18 Mar 2016 09:38 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 1082730
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 55.44 Km
Lat/Lon: 51.6237 , -173.6057
Event Date: 18 Mar 2016 09:38 UTC
17 Mar 2016 21:38 Local
Exposed Population:
About 188 people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 Mar 2016 09:57 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
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.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 634 | About casualties: 16 | Last hour: 0

It is going to be awfully difficult to top the wild ...Tue, 22 Mar 2016 09:05:00 +0100.

usatoday.com meldet: USA TODAY's Robert Bianco previews 'Agents of S H I E L D ' and how it has added so many characters, Bianco isn't sure what the plot is anymore, for Tuseday, March 22 . Critic's Corner: 'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' goes rog
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Explosions reported at Brussels airportTue, 22 Mar 2016 08:37:00 +0100.

Belgian media has reported that two explosions have been heard at Brussels airport. The cause of the blasts is unclear, but there are reports of several injured people in the airport's departure hall. The terminal building is being evacuate
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Abe stresses security laws; more cadets forgoing SDFTue, 22 Mar 2016 08:05:00 +0100.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe urged National Defense Academy graduates to prepare to implement his national security laws, although an increasing number of cadets have no plan to pursue careers in the Self-Defense Forces. Graduates of the acade
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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 (41), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),