M 4.5 in North Of Svalbard on 08 May 2017 04:48 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 1112388
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 81.68 , -5.08
Event Date: 08 May 2017 04:48 UTC
08 May 2017 04:48 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 08 May 2017 05:32 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
EMSC 0 0
590330 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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 675 | About casualties: 31 | Last hour: 0

A couple eloped in a tuxedo and gown all the way to Mount EverestFri, 12 May 2017 04:44:00 +0200.

A couple from Sacramento, California, wanted an adventurous wedding. A photographer from Sutter Creek, California, had dreamed of documenting a marriage at Mount Everest Base Camp. It was a match made in Northern California that led to nupt
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A couple eloped in a tuxedo and gown all the way to Mount EverestFri, 12 May 2017 04:42:00 +0200.

A couple from Sacramento, California, wanted an adventurous wedding. A photographer from Sutter Creek, California, had dreamed of documenting a marriage at Mount Everest Base Camp. It was a match made in Northern California that led to nupt
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بالصور. أسوأ 10 كوارث طبيعية حدثت عبر التاريخFri, 12 May 2017 04:36:00 +0200.

على مدى القرون الماضية حدثت العديد من الكوارث الطبيعية التي دمرت أمم بأكملها، ونستعرض في السطور التالية أكثر 10 كوارث طبيعية حدثت في تاريخ البشرية. زلزال حلب ضرب الزلزال مدينة حلب في سوريا عام 1138 بقوة 8.5 ريختر وسبب موت 230 ألف شخصا، كما
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Un terremoto de magnitud 5,8 se registra cerca de Nueva ZelandaFri, 12 May 2017 03:47:00 +0200.

Se ha producido un terremoto de magnitud 5,8 cerca de Nueva Zelanda, informa el Servicio Geológico de EE.UU. ( , por sus siglas en inglés). USGS El epicentro del sismo se situó en a una distancia de 222 kilómetros al nornordeste de la isla
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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), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),