M 5.5 in Canada on 22 Apr 2019 21:44 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 1177398
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.5M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 50.3111 , -130.1063
Event Date: 22 Apr 2019 21:44 UTC
22 Apr 2019 12:44 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 22 Apr 2019 22:20 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Canada)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us70003afb Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 37 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Salish seafloor mapping identifies earthquake and tsunami risksThu, 25 Apr 2019 16:15:00 +0200.

Extensive seismic mapping of the seafloor by Canadian and U.S. scientists has revealed details of the extent and surrounding features of the Devils Mountain Fault Zone running south of the Archipelago, as well as the newly mapped Skipjack I
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Salish seafloor mapping identifies earthquake and tsunami risksThu, 25 Apr 2019 00:28:00 +0200.

These tsunamis might be directed toward the islands of San Juan Archipelago, Vancouver Island and low coastal areas of the United States including Bellingham, Washington. Extensive seismic mapping of the seafloor by Canadian and U.S. scient
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Two quakes recorded off Vancouver Island, no tsunami risk or damage re ... Wed, 24 Apr 2019 04:40:00 +0200.

PORT ALICE, B.C. — Two earthquakes have struck off the northwest coast of Vancouver Island. Natural Resources Canada says a magnitude 4.6 quake struck Monday afternoon about 166 kilometres west of Port Alice, B.C. Less than one hour later,
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Quebec figured out a simple way to get people to donate more to charit ... Tue, 23 Apr 2019 18:17:00 +0200.

When a January 2010 earthquake decimated the island nation of Haiti , the Canadian province of Quebec decided to do something unusual to encourage charitable giving to help the recovery effort: It allowed people who donated to earthquake re
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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), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),