M 5.3 in W. Caroline Islands, Micronesia on 17 Dec 2017 14:25 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 1128928
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 10.0651 , 140.3501
Event Date: 17 Dec 2017 14:25 UTC
17 Dec 2017 23:25 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 17 Dec 2017 15:22 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000c5ep 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: 106 | About casualties: 28 | Last hour: 0

Toll rises to three dead after Indonesia quakeMon, 18 Dec 2017 00:49:00 +0100.

At least three people have been killed following a strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake on Indonesia's main island of Java, an official said Saturday. The quake struck at a depth of 91 kilometres (56 miles) just outside the coastal town of Cipat
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Grande Fratello Vip, da Aida Yespica a Cecilia Rodriguez il cast di Te ... Sun, 17 Dec 2017 19:14:00 +0100.

Il Grande Fratello Vip è stato uno tsunami di sentimenti, veri, finti o presunti tali. Cecilia Rodriguez e il fratello Jeremias Giulia De Lellis Ivana Mrázová Luca Onestini Daniele Bossari e Aida Yespica sono stati i protagonisti: coppie sa
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5.4 QUAKE JOLTS NORTHERN MARIANASSun, 17 Dec 2017 18:54:00 +0100.

No harm reported. By Ferdie de la Torre SAIPAN, CNMI (Saipan Tribune, May 3, 2010) - An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 on the Richter scale jolted the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) yesterday morning. The Emergency
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Au moins trois morts dans un séismeSun, 17 Dec 2017 18:48:00 +0100.

Un séisme de magnitude 6, 5 a frappé vendredi soir Java, la principale île d’Indonésie, faisant au moins trois morts et secouant des bâtiments de la capitale Jakarta. La secousse a été enregistrée à une profondeur de 91 kilomètres et à moin
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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),