M 5.9 in Guam on 23 Sep 2018 05:52 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 1157352
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 12.2161 , 146.2433
Event Date: 23 Sep 2018 05:52 UTC
23 Sep 2018 15:52 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 23 Sep 2018 14:59 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Guam)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us2000hiwb Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 21 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

4.4 magnitude earthquake strikes offshore Merizo 6:21 PM EDT Sep 25, 2 ... Wed, 26 Sep 2018 00:29:00 +0200.

The U.S. Geological Survey recorded a 4.4 magnitude earthquake that struck 87.6 miles west of Merizo Wednesday morning. It struck at 6:08 a.m. at a depth of 126.7 miles, according to U.S.G.S. There were no reports made to 911 about damage o
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Sismo de magnitud 6,4 sacude las islas MarianasSun, 23 Sep 2018 19:58:00 +0200.

Bangkok (EFE).- Un terremoto de magnitud 6,4 sacudió hoy las islas Marianas, en el Pacífico , sin que las autoridades informaran inicialmente de daños o víctimas, ni se emitiera una alerta por tsunami. El Servicio Geológico de Estados Unid
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PACÍFICO SISMO - Sismo de magnitude 6,4 graus no Pacífico sacode Ilhas ... Sun, 23 Sep 2018 13:03:00 +0200.

Um sismo de magnitude 6,4 graus de intensidade na escala Richter sacudiu neste domingo as Ilhas Marianas, no Pacífico, sem que as autoridades informassem inicialmente de danos ou vítimas, nem se emitisse um alerta de tsunami. O Serviço Geol
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el hipocentro a 10 kilómetros de profundidad bajo el lecho marino Un t ... Sun, 23 Sep 2018 12:03:00 +0200.

Un terremoto de magnitud 6,4 sacude las islas Marianas, en el Pacífico, sin que las autoridades informaran inicialmente de daños o víctimas, ni se emitiera una alerta por tsunami. EFE | Madrid | 23/09/2018. El Servicio Geológico de Estados
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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),