M 6.3 in Canada from 01 May 2017 12:31 UTC to 12:31

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1111755
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.3M
Depth: 0 Km
Lat/Lon: 59.8625 , -136.6939
Event Date: 01 May 2017 12:31 UTC
01 May 2017 05:31 Local
Exposed Population: About 100 people within 100km
Inserted at: 01 May 2017 12:36 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.4 (Canada)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Canada= 2.4; United States= 2.2

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
ALASKA EC 0 0
ak15852756 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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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 463 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Climber stranded on Canada's tallest peak after earthquake for several ... Fri, 05 May 2017 12:08:00 +0200.

An experienced Argentine climber who had been stranded on Canada's tallest peak since Monday has been rescued. Natalia Martínez was nine days into a solo traverse of Mount Logan when an earthquake struck triggering several avalanches that m
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Tsunami allergie: 700 milioni di persone soffrono di rinite allergica ... Fri, 05 May 2017 11:01:00 +0200.

(Di venerdì 5 maggio 2017) 700 milioni di persone nel mondo soffrono di rinite allergica e asma . Ecco quali sono le allergie più diffuse e come correre ai ripari Leggi la notizia. : Tsunami allergie: 700 milioni di persone soffrono di rin
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Argentine climber rescued off Mt Logan after quake and avalancheFri, 05 May 2017 10:09:00 +0200.

Image copyright Arran Whiteford Image caption Martínez was described as an experienced climber. A lone Argentine mountaineer has been rescued, four days after she was trapped on Canada's highest peak after avalanches triggered by an earthqu
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MM Cimiano, dove piove anche nei giorni di soleFri, 05 May 2017 08:58:00 +0200.

Benvenuti a Cimiano, la fermata metropolitana dove piove 365 giorni all'anno. Sempre. E ininterrottamente. Anche quando il cielo è terso. Il motivo? La tettoia (come documentano la nostra foto qui a fianco) è totalmente marcia e ormai regal
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

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), CALTECH (1),