M 4.9 in United States on 16 Jan 2017 02:50 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 1103309
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: Km
Lat/Lon: 52.622 , -168.036
Event Date: 16 Jan 2017 02:50 UTC
15 Jan 2017 15:50 Local
Exposed Population:
Few people within 100km
Inserted at: 16 Jan 2017 03:15 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007tfl Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

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SYDNEY: A 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck off the South Pacific nation of the Solomon Islands at a depth of 33km, the U.S. Geological Survey said on Friday (Jan 20). There were no immediate reports of damage. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Cen
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عام / زلزال بقوة 8ر6 درجة قرب جزر سليمانFri, 20 Jan 2017 02:28:00 +0100.

سيدني 21 ربيع الآخر 1438 هـ الموافق 19 يناير 2017 م واس ضرب زلزال بلغت قوته 8ر6 درجة على مقياس ريختر بالقرب من جزر سليمان الليلة، وفقًا لهيئة المسح الجيولوجي الأمريكية. وكان مركز الزلزال في المحيط يبعد 71 كيلومترا غرب بلدة كيراكيرا وعلى عمق
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M6.5 earthquake strikes off the Solomon Islands, no tsunami threatFri, 20 Jan 2017 02:24:00 +0100.

09:32 20 January 2017 M6.5 earthquake strikes off the Solomon Islands, no tsunami threat. SYDNEY, Jan. 20, Kyodo. An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 struck Friday morning off the Solomon Islands, the U.S. Geological Survey said. No tsun
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الأراضي الأمريكية تستقبل «ترامب» بزلزال بقوة 6.7 درجةFri, 20 Jan 2017 02:09:00 +0100.

أكدت هيئة المسح الجيولوجي الأمريكية، إن زلزالا بقوة 6.7 درجة هز منطقة قبالة جزر سولومون بجنوب المحيط الهادي على عمق 33 كيلومترا. وأصدر المركز تحذيرًا من احتمال حدوث موجات مد بحري «تسونامي»، بالمحيط الهادي في هاواي، وذلك قبل ساعات من حفل تنص
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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),