M 5 in Guam on 24 Apr 2017 22:19 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 1111084
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 33.35 Km
Lat/Lon: 12.762 , 143.9938
Event Date: 24 Apr 2017 22:19 UTC
25 Apr 2017 08:19 Local
Exposed Population:
About 1000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 24 Apr 2017 22:51 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10008kds Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 638 | About casualties: 8 | Last hour: 0

Centro de Chile sintió sismo de 5.8 gradosFri, 28 Apr 2017 22:04:00 +0200.

Un sismo de 5.8 grados se sintió a las 12H30 hora local en la zona central de Chile, según detalló la Oficina Nacional de Emergencia del Ministerio del Interior y Seguridad Pública (Onemi) en su cuenta de Twitter. De acuerdo con el Centro
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Cadena de sismos sacude la zona central de ChileFri, 28 Apr 2017 22:00:00 +0200.

Derechos de autor de la imagen Reuters Image caption Medios locales reportan preocupación en los pobladores, quienes temen que la ola de movimientos tectónicos sea el anticipo de un terremoto más grande. Una cadena de temblores sacudió la c
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Chile rattled by more than a dozen off-shore earthquakesFri, 28 Apr 2017 21:55:00 +0200.

have rattled the Chilean coast within just over two hours, the most powerful of them registered at magnitude 5.9. The continued rattling prompted some cities to suspend classes and give workers the afternoon off. There are no reports of da
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Cluster of tremors in central Chile unnerves localsFri, 28 Apr 2017 21:26:00 +0200.

SANTIAGO: A cluster of tremors shook central Chile on Friday afternoon, leaving locals worried that a bigger earthquake may be imminent and prompting some early closures of schools and workplaces. At least seven tremors struck offshore the
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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),