M 5.1 in Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge on 23 Jan 2017 10:17 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 1103872
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 33.6911 , -37.8015
Event Date: 23 Jan 2017 10:17 UTC
23 Jan 2017 07:17 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 Jan 2017 11:03 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10007uys 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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Japan’s Foreign Workforce Tops 1 Million for First TimeFri, 27 Jan 2017 09:26:00 +0100.

TOKYO — The number of foreign workers in Japan surpassed 1 million for the first time last year, as the labor-strapped country struggles to find enough Japanese workers. Slightly more than a million foreigners, from countries such as China
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Death Toll from Deadly Kashmir Avalanches Climbs to 20Fri, 27 Jan 2017 09:14:00 +0100.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),