M 4.5 in Turkmenistan on 05 Feb 2017 19:47 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 1104849
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 39.375 , 54.8746
Event Date: 05 Feb 2017 19:47 UTC
06 Feb 2017 00:47 Local
Exposed Population:
200000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 05 Feb 2017 20:06 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
6.1 (Turkmenistan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us20008htg Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 231 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 0

Scientists reveal MASSIVE landslide that smashed Great Barrier Reef th ... Thu, 09 Feb 2017 19:21:00 +0100.

GETTY Ross Logan The Great Barrier Reef was hit with a massive earthquake 300,000 years ago A team of scientists made the startling discovery while 3D mapping the seafloor of Australia's famous coral reef and realised it was nowhere near as
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Washington state woman becomes first U.S. owner of tsunami survival ca ... Thu, 09 Feb 2017 19:10:00 +0100.

Feb. 9 (UPI) -- A Washington state woman who lives on the coast said she put her family's fears to rest with her latest purchase -- the first tsunami survival capsule in the United States. Jeanne Johnson, a two-time cancer survivor who move
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Fukushima robot thwarted by radiationThu, 09 Feb 2017 18:32:00 +0100.

A “CLEANING” robot operated by remote control that entered one of three wrecked Fukushima reactor containment chambers yesterday had to be pulled out before completing its mission due to camera glitches most likely caused by high radiation.
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The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and The Dougy Center Jo ... Thu, 09 Feb 2017 18:28:00 +0100.

NEW YORK Feb. 9, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Each year, more than 44,000 Americans die of suicide according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. In the aftermath, families are often left struggling to cope with a suicide de
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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), INFORM (2), USGS (2),