M 5.2 in United States on 05 Aug 2020 16:17 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 1229004
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 4.77 Km
Lat/Lon: 54.5997 , -161.2001
Event Date: 05 Aug 2020 16:17 UTC
05 Aug 2020 05:17 Local
Exposed Population:
About 2000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 05 Aug 2020 16:38 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000b9r9 Scaled population (vector) 2.36  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.65  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 233 | About casualties: 11 | Last hour: 0

5.1 magnitude earthquake in North Carolina felt in metro AtlantaSun, 09 Aug 2020 15:53:00 +0200.

SPARTA, N.C. A moderate earthquake in Sparta, NC shook the ground just after 8 a.m. Sunday morning and the shock waves were felt over 300 miles away. The United State Geological Survey, USGS, confirms that there was a 5.1 magnitude with a d
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5.1 earthquake in North Carolina reportedly felt hundreds of miles awa ... Sun, 09 Aug 2020 15:44:00 +0200.

. SPARTA, N.C. -- A 5.1-magnitude earthquake shook much of North Carolina early Sunday, rattling homes, buildings and residents. The quake happened near Sparta, adjacent to the Virginia state line, around 8 a.m. ET, according to the United
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Magnitude 5.1 earthquake hits NC, tremors felt across stateSun, 09 Aug 2020 15:37:00 +0200.

By WRAL Weather Team. A magnitude 5.1 earthquake was reported in Sparta, North Carolina, and felt across the Triangle at around 8 a.m. This is the largest earthquake North Carolina has seen since 1916. That earthquake was a magnitude 5.2. S
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5.1 magnitude earthquake reported in North CarolinaSun, 09 Aug 2020 15:20:00 +0200.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - A 5.1 magnitude earthquake that hit near Sparta, North Carolina on Sunday morning, and thousands of people in the Charlotte area felt the remnants of it. The quake was reported around 8:07 a.m. at 2.6. miles away f
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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 (41), (3), NEIC (5), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),