M 5.2 in North Of Ascension Island on 14 May 2017 22:11 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 1112999
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: -2.4146 , -12.5033
Event Date: 14 May 2017 22:11 UTC
14 May 2017 21:11 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 14 May 2017 22:30 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10008sgl Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 405 | About casualties: 56 | Last hour: 0

FNO accuses JO of playing dubiousThu, 18 May 2017 21:59:00 +0200.

May 18, 2017, 11:20 pm By Maheesha Mudugamuwa The Federation of National Organisations (FNO) yesterday accused the opposition which they said was ‘officially and ‘unofficially’ acting in a dubious template for the projects to be launched by
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Ученые научатся по небу определять грядущее цунамиThu, 18 May 2017 21:43:00 +0200.

Ученые из Италии и США стремятся улучшить обнаружение цунами. Они разработали новый подход к наблюдению в режиме реального времени. Группа ученых из Университета Сапиенца в Риме и Лаборатории реактивного движения НАСА в Калифорнии разработа
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Tansi: in aumento i Comuni con piani di emergenzaThu, 18 May 2017 20:02:00 +0200.

Netta impennata dei Comuni calabresi dotati di Piano di Emergenza Comunale (PEC), grazie alla forte azione di sensibilizzazione e stimolo svolta dall’U.O.A. di Protezione Civile della Regione Calabria verso tutti i Comuni volta a favorire l
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Decades after catastrophic 1980 eruption, Mount St. Helens is 'recharg ... Thu, 18 May 2017 19:43:00 +0200.

Mount St. Helens erupted on May 18, 1980, after two months of increasing volcanic activity. Since its most recent eruption in 2008, there has been a swarm of earthquakes, which are thought to be a result of the magmatic system's "recharging
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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),