M 5.2 in United States on 11 May 2017 14:36 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 1112721
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 30.5 Km
Lat/Lon: 56.7939 , -152.6019
Event Date: 11 May 2017 14:36 UTC
11 May 2017 04:36 Local
Exposed Population:
About 400 people within 100km
Inserted at: 11 May 2017 15:12 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
ALASKA EC 0 0
ak16019482 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: 406 | About casualties: 9 | Last hour: 0

Over 50 per cent population lives in disaster-prone areas: Rajnath Sin ... Mon, 15 May 2017 12:56:00 +0200.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh today described India as one of the most disaster-prone nations, saying more than 50 per cent population of the country lives in areas that are vulnerable to calamities. By: | New Delhi | Published: May 15, 2017
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Over 50 pc population lives in disaster-prone areas: RajnathMon, 15 May 2017 11:14:00 +0200.

. Home Minister today described India as one of the most disaster-prone nations, saying more than 50 per cent population of the country lives in areas that are vulnerable to calamities. Singh said the National Platform for Disaster Risk Re
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Indonesia Marks Independence DayMon, 15 May 2017 09:23:00 +0200.

By Petronella Sibeene WINDHOEK Last Thursday evening, Indonesia extravagantly celebrated its 61st independence in the form of singing, wining and dancing at a local hotel in Windhoek. The evening also marked the first anniversary of the pea
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Japan’s vets form teams to strengthen animal aid during natural disast ... Mon, 15 May 2017 09:15:00 +0200.

A campaign is underway to create emergency response teams across Japan to provide aid for pets and livestock during natural disasters, following the establishment of such services in a number of prefectures. Formed in the wake of failures f
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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 (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), CALTECH (1), USGS (2),