M 6.1 in United States on 23 May 2019 08:45 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 1180308
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.1M
Depth: 27.79 Km
Lat/Lon: 51.3631 , -178.3306
Event Date: 23 May 2019 08:45 UTC
22 May 2019 23:45 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 24 May 2019 08:49 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us60003r2r Scaled population (raster) 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: 278 | About casualties: 26 | Last hour: 0

At least 1 killed, 11 injured in Peru earthquakeMon, 27 May 2019 01:14:00 +0200.

A damaged house is seen after a quake in Yurimaguas, in the Amazon region, Peru on May 26, 2019. - A powerful 8.0-earthquake struck northern Peru in the early hours of Sunday, toppling houses, blocking roads and knocking out power to some l
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Sismo en Loreto: Los terremotos más mortales registrados en la selva d ... Mon, 27 May 2019 00:00:00 +0200.

| Un fuerte sismo de magnitud 8 sacudió la madrugada del domingo la selva de Perú , provocando un muerto y varios heridos, en tanto causó el colapso de viviendas e infraestructuras. El epicentro del sismo , de magnitud 8, según el Instituto
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Terremoto de 8,0 despierta de golpe a PerúSun, 26 May 2019 19:03:00 +0200.

La madrugada de este domingo un sismo de 8,0 se ha registrado a 75 kilómetros de la localidad de Lagunas en Perú, informa el Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos. Se precisa que el temblor se registró a las 02:41 (hora local) y su hipocentr
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World Peru earthquake leaves one dead and several injured CNN Newsourc ... Sun, 26 May 2019 19:02:00 +0200.

One person was killed and at least 11 people have been injured in Peru, with a further seven injuries in neighboring Ecuador, after an 8.0 magnitude struck northern Peru on Sunday morning. Peru's National Emergency Operations Center report
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
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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 (5), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),