M 5.2 in Russian Federation from 03 May 2017 08:53 UTC to 08:53

Event summary

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

GDACS ID EQ 1111951
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 42.1441 , 46.9653
Event Date: 03 May 2017 08:53 UTC
03 May 2017 11:53 Local
Exposed Population:
980000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 03 May 2017 09:12 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.7 (Azerbaijan)
INFORM Coping capacity list: Azerbaijan= 4.7; Russia= 4.6; Georgia= 3.4

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0.3 0.3
us10008nrz 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: 264 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 0

Police, defence vehicles can use multi-colour beaconsSun, 07 May 2017 08:36:00 +0200.

The government after the Cabinet meeting on April 19 had said that the vehicles with beacon lights, which are seen as a symbol of VIP culture, "have no place in a democratic country". NEW DELHI: The Centre has allowed emergency vehicles on
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Police, defence vehicles allowed to use multi-colour beaconsSun, 07 May 2017 08:09:00 +0200.

The Centre has allowed emergency vehicles on duty for maintaining law and order, including those of the police, defence and paramilitary forces, to use multi-coloured beacon lights having red, blue and white colours. Seeking to end the VIP
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Earthquake hits Alaska's Aleutian Islands chainSun, 07 May 2017 07:51:00 +0200.

Fishing boats steam out of the Alaska port of Dutch Harbor after a tsunami warning was issued by authorities warning of potential danger to vessels in less than 600 feet of water.A powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake shook Alaska's Aleutian I
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Earthquake hits part of Alaska's Aleutian Islands chainSun, 07 May 2017 07:35:00 +0200.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The Alaska Earthquake Center reports that a magnitude 4.9 earthquake hit part of the Aleutian Islands chain. The center says the quake struck about 12:43 p.m. Saturday Alaska time in the Fox Islands region of the Al
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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), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),