M 4.7 in Russian Federation on 28 Apr 2017 06:23 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 1111450
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.7M
Depth: 51.6 Km
Lat/Lon: 51.5121 , -178.3653
Event Date: 28 Apr 2017 06:23 UTC
27 Apr 2017 21:23 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 28 Apr 2017 06:45 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Russia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10008lih Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 601 | About casualties: 5 | Last hour: 0

Yukon, B.C. hit by dozens of aftershocks after magnitude-6.2 quakeTue, 02 May 2017 05:39:00 +0200.

The tremors cut power and closed schools in Whitehorse, but officials said there was no major damage. Natural Resources Canada reported that the first quake with a magnitude of 6.2 hit at 5:31 a.m. Pacific time. It was centred in a remote a
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Strong 6.2 quake, multiple aftershocks, jolt parts of Yukon and northw ... Tue, 02 May 2017 05:25:00 +0200.

WHITEHORSE – Dozens of aftershocks rattled parts of southern Yukon and northern British Columbia after a strong earthquake shook the area Monday. The tremors cut power and closed schools in Whitehorse, but officials said there was no major
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Seabed seismic sensors would have cut 2011 Japan tsunami toll An earth ... Tue, 02 May 2017 05:10:00 +0200.

By Andy Coghlan in Vienna, Austria. A new tsunami warning system could have saved many of the 22,000 people killed by the massive tsunami following the 2011 Tohoku earthquake in Japan, had it been in place there at the time. That’s the mess
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Russia 'can launch tsunami against US with nuclear bombs buried in oce ... Tue, 02 May 2017 04:56:00 +0200.

A retired Russian colonel has made outlandish claims that Moscow has planted nuclear missiles off the east coast of America that could trigger a tsunami if detonated. The far-fetched plans were outlined by Viktor Baranetz, who claimed it wa
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),