M 5.4 in United States on 12 Aug 2018 16:02 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 1153407
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.4M
Depth: 5.5 Km
Lat/Lon: 69.5982 , -144.9546
Event Date: 12 Aug 2018 16:02 UTC
12 Aug 2018 08:02 Local
Exposed Population: About 300 people within 100km
Inserted at: 12 Aug 2018 17:06 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
ALASKA EC 0 0
ak20077947 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.65  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 247 | About casualties: 20 | Last hour: 0

'Worst case scenario' now possible, say expertsThu, 16 Aug 2018 15:31:00 +0200.

(Image: Greg Martin) The Asteroid. But the worst widespread tsunami happened more than 1,000 years ago. In 1014 a massive wave crashed against the coast and flooded villages for miles - thought to have been caused by a massive asteroid coll
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'Worst case scenario' now possible, say expertsThu, 16 Aug 2018 15:08:00 +0200.

A 'worst-case scenario' tsunami warning has been issued for Devon by weather experts, and people have reacted with disbelief. It isn't actually within the realms of implausibility, with historical evidence that the South West has been thras
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Un terremoto de magnitud 6.6 sacude Alaska sin causar dañosThu, 16 Aug 2018 04:31:00 +0200.

Un terremoto de magnitud 6,6 se registró la noche de este miércoles en el Pacífico norte, unos 41 kilómetros al sur del volcán Tanaga de la isla de Tanaga, que forma parte del archipiélago de las Aleutianas (Alaska, EE.UU.), informa el Serv
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Small Earthquake Hits Near Talkeetna, AlaskaThu, 16 Aug 2018 04:23:00 +0200.

A 4.3 magnitude earthquake hit north of Anchorage, Alaska, on Wednesday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey. The earthquake hit at about 8:56 a.m. local time, some 18 miles southeast of Talkeetna. There were no immedia
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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 (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2), CALTECH (1),