M 4.5 in United States on 08 May 2017 21:52 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 1112456
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.5M
Depth: 9.4 Km
Lat/Lon: 51.6748 , -178.4537
Event Date: 08 May 2017 21:52 UTC
08 May 2017 12:52 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 09 May 2017 00:06 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
ALASKA EC 0 0
ak15995901 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: 394 | About casualties: 7 | Last hour: 0

L’Italia flagellata dal maltempo I fiumi esondano, frane e bombe d’acq ... Fri, 12 May 2017 20:50:00 +0200.

Quello più singolare a Lampedusa, il marrobbio, il livello del mare che si abbassa e alza improvvisamente con alte ondate durante il forte vento. Un mini tsunami lo ha definito il sindaco, Giusi Nicolini: «Siamo di fronte ad una calamità na
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Each block to get weather forecast system: Harsh VardhanFri, 12 May 2017 20:26:00 +0200.

Union minister Harsh Vardhan today announced that under the National Monsoon Mission (NMM) weather forecast systems will be provided at the block level in the next two years. "We have launched the Rs 400 crore National Monsoon Mission under
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Sismo de magnitud 6,2 sacude la costa central de AméricaFri, 12 May 2017 20:11:00 +0200.

Publicado el 12/May 2017 a las: 1:48 pm Por: Wilmer Horta Foto referencial. Caracas, 12 de mayo de 2017.- Un terremoto de magnitud 6,2 ha sacudido las costas de El Salvador, informa el Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos, reseñó Russia Tod
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Cos'è il marrobbio che ha devastato Lampedusa
Pescatore: «Prima il ... Fri, 12 May 2017 19:13:00 +0200.

«Molte barche non si trovano - racconta Salvatore - sono colate a picco e l'acqua è torbida. È stato uno spettacolo spaventoso: àncore strappate, pescherecci che sbattevano l'uno contro l'altro». Il presidente della Regione, Rosario Crocett
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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 (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2), CALTECH (1),