M 5.9 in Ascension Island Region on 02 May 2017 15:10 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 1111890
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -11.7183 , -13.9218
Event Date: 02 May 2017 15:10 UTC
02 May 2017 14:10 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 02 May 2017 18:27 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10008n0i 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: 247 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

В NASA показали космическое цунамиSat, 06 May 2017 09:45:00 +0200.

Астрономы обсерватории NASA зафиксировали в скоплении Персея явление, которое назвали космическим цунами. Об этом сообщает пресс-служба NASA. "Цунами" является огромной волной из горячего газа, размер которой составляет около 200 тысяч свет
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Ministry predicts cataract ‘tsunami’ by 2050 as country agesSat, 06 May 2017 05:07:00 +0200.

A cataract is a condition in which the lens of an eye becomes cloudy. It is typically treated by replacing the cloudy lens with an artificial lens. — AFP pic KUALA LUMPUR, May 6— The Health Ministry has warned of a possible cataract “tsunam
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Fukushima accident gave everyone an X-ray’s worth of radiation After t ... Sat, 06 May 2017 05:05:00 +0200.

What dose did you receive? KeystoneUSA-ZUMA/REX/Shutterstock. By Andy Coghlan. “We don’t need to worry,” says Nikolaos Evangeliou at the Norwegian Institute for Air Research, whose team has conducted the first global survey of radiation ex
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Großbrand im Gebiet von AKW Fukushima-1 bedroht Millionen MenschenSat, 06 May 2017 01:07:00 +0200.

Die deutsche Ausgabe des russischen online Magazins "Sputnik" schreibt weiter : "Laut dem Sender sind von dem Feuer fast zwanzig Hektar des an das AKW anliegenden Geländes umfasst. Gegen den Brand sind etwa 240 Retter und Spezialhubschraube
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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), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (1),