M 4.9 in Russian Federation on 20 May 2017 01:21 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 1113386
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 5.7 Km
Lat/Lon: 45.2 , 150.845
Event Date: 20 May 2017 01:21 UTC
20 May 2017 11:21 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 20 May 2017 01:42 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
4.6 (Russia)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us10008tp3 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

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Hazard Management Cayman Islands Director McCleary Frederick was named the first international recipient of the Governor’s Hurricane Conference Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to disaster preparedness and recovery. The annu
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Exploring possibility of building tsunami early warning system in SCS: ... Tue, 23 May 2017 23:26:00 +0200.

The government is exploring the possibility of setting up a tsunami early warning system (TWS) in the disputed South China Sea, which has been witnessing a growing Chinese assertiveness. M Rajeevan, the secretary in the Ministry of Earth Sc
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Exploring possibility of building tsunami early warning systemTue, 23 May 2017 23:07:00 +0200.

The government is exploring the possibility of setting up a tsunami early warning system (TWS) in the disputed South China Sea, which has been witnessing a growing Chinese assertiveness. M Rajeevan, the secretary in the Ministry of Earth Sc
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Exploring possibility of building tsunami early warning system in SCS: ... Tue, 23 May 2017 23:00:00 +0200.

New Delhi, May 23 (PTI) The government is exploring the possibility of setting up a tsunami early warning system (TWS) in the disputed South China Sea, which has been witnessing a growing Chinese asse. New Delhi, May 23 (PTI) The governmen
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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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),