M 6.3 in Canada from 01 May 2017 14:18 UTC to 14:18

Event summary

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

GDACS ID EQ 1111771
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.3M
Depth: 3.3 Km
Lat/Lon: 59.8487 , -136.6182
Event Date: 01 May 2017 14:18 UTC
01 May 2017 07:18 Local
Exposed Population: About 200 people within 100km
Inserted at: 01 May 2017 14:24 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
ak15854231 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 468 | About casualties: 2 | Last hour: 0

Suami yang Ajukan Suntik Mati: Saya Sudah Tidak Tahan Lagi...Fri, 05 May 2017 13:54:00 +0200.

BANDA ACEH, KOMPAS.com Berlin Silalahi (46) mengajukan permohonan euthanasia atau tindakan mengakhiri hidup seseorang yang sakit parah dengan kematian yang dinilai tenang, biasanya dengan suntikan, ke Pengadilan Negeri Banda Aceh. Salah seo
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Solo climber stranded on Yukon's Mount Logan rescuedFri, 05 May 2017 13:08:00 +0200.

Climber Natalia Martinez is seen at her camp on Mt. Logan in the Yukon Territory in this April 26, 2017 handout photo. Parks Canada says a climber who is stranded on Mount Logan following an earthquake in Yukon remains safe and uninjured. N
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LIVE! SC judgement on Delhi gang rape: Offence created a tsunami of sh ... Fri, 05 May 2017 13:03:00 +0200.

15:28 The Supreme Court has confirmed the death sentence for four convicts in the gang rape and brutal murder of a 23-year-old paramedical student on a moving bus in Delhi on December 16, 2012. A trial court had ruled that they should be ha
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Climber stranded on Yukon’s Mount Logan rescuedFri, 05 May 2017 12:58:00 +0200.

Argentinian climber Natalia Martinez photographed from the air on the east ridge of Mount Logan, Canada’s tallest peak. Only five days after this April 26 image was taken, a series of avalanches and ice collapses spurred by a magnitude 6.2
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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),