M 5.7 in United States on 09 Aug 2020 14:58 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 1229506
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 48.4 Km
Lat/Lon: 55.0849 , -158.2212
Event Date: 09 Aug 2020 14:58 UTC
09 Aug 2020 03:58 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 09 Aug 2020 16:35 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
ALASKA EC 0 0
ak020a7dzfzp Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 464 | About casualties: 11 | Last hour: 0

KBC: Nairobi and Mombasa residents report earth tremorsThu, 13 Aug 2020 09:37:00 +0200.

According to United States Geological Survey (USGS) Earthquakes in Tanzania especially of this magnitude, are very rare. Many people reported feeling the earthquake, especially along the coast and on nearby islands. It was felt as far as 6
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Kenyans.co.ke: Expert Reveals Cause of Earth Tremors in Kenya & Tanzan ... Thu, 13 Aug 2020 09:37:00 +0200.

On the evening of Wednesday, August 12, 2020, parts of Kenya and Tanzania experienced earth tremors. Geophysics/Seismology expert Gladys Kianji who is also a lecturer at the University of Nairobi explained that the tremors were caused by a
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Google is working on ‘earthquake feature’ for phoneWed, 12 Aug 2020 18:35:00 +0200.

Natural disasters like earthquakes have unfortunately become a common occurrence across the world. Any potential warning could be crucial in saving the lives of people and Google is rolling out a feature on Android phones which could exactl
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Google says your Android phone can help detect earthquakeWed, 12 Aug 2020 16:18:00 +0200.

(Subscribe to our Today's Cache newsletter for a quick snapshot of top 5 tech stories. Click to subscribe for free.) Google on Tuesday said that Android phones can be part of its earthquake detection system to provide timely alerts and info
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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 (5), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2), CALTECH (1),