M 5.4 in United States on 18 Sep 2018 12:40 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 1156976
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.4M
Depth: 0.6 Km
Lat/Lon: 69.8241 , -144.983
Event Date: 18 Sep 2018 12:40 UTC
18 Sep 2018 04:40 Local
Exposed Population: About 300 people within 100km
Inserted at: 18 Sep 2018 13:06 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
ALASKA EC 0 0
ak20257376 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.65  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 224 | About casualties: 4 | Last hour: 0

UN to help with building earthquake resistance planSat, 22 Sep 2018 09:31:00 +0200.

By SU MYAT MON | FRONTIER. YANGON — The Myanmar Engineering Society and UN-Habitat will work together to help ensure three “important” buildings in Yangon are earthquake resistant, officials from the organisations said on November 10. Mr Bi
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Bernardino se fue a trabajar a EU para levantar su casaSat, 22 Sep 2018 08:39:00 +0200.

Atlautla, Méx.— Bernardino decidió irse a Estados Unidos para acabar de construir su casa dañada por el sismo del 19 de septiembre de 2017. Los 120 mil pesos que le dieron de indemnización no le alcanzaron para levantar de nuevo su vivienda
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How an atom forms a ‘ghost’ bond with a partner that isn’t thereFri, 21 Sep 2018 21:31:00 +0200.

A peculiar type of atom can be induced to form a ‘ghost’ chemical bond with a nonexistent atom, according to new calculations. A highly excited atom that includes a loosely bound electron has the weird ability to form ‘trilobite’ chemical b
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How an atom forms a ‘ghost’ bond with a partner that isn’t thereFri, 21 Sep 2018 20:45:00 +0200.

A peculiar type of atom can be induced to form a ‘ghost’ chemical bond with a nonexistent atom, according to new calculations. A highly excited atom that includes a loosely bound electron has the weird ability to form ‘trilobite’ chemical b
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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),