M 5.1 in Guam on 29 Sep 2020 01:03 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 1237295
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 13.4008 , 145.873
Event Date: 29 Sep 2020 01:03 UTC
29 Sep 2020 11:03 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 29 Sep 2020 21:26 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (Guam)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000c2cv Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 5 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

5.0 magnitude earthquake east of YigoTue, 29 Sep 2020 04:52:00 +0200.

The U.S. Geological Survey recorded an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 that struck 112 kilometers east of Yigo with a depth of 10 kilometers at 11:03 a.m. (ChST). There were no reports made to Guam 911 dispatch of damages or
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5.0 magnitude earthquake recordedTue, 29 Sep 2020 04:39:00 +0200.

The U.S. Geological Survey recorded an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 that struck 180 miles east of Yigo with a depth of 16 miles, at 11:03 a.m. There were no reports made to Guam 911 dispatch of damages or injuries from the
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Take part in the Great Guam Shakeout earthquake drillMon, 28 Sep 2020 23:22:00 +0200.

Guam will soon take part in the world’s largest earthquake drill, the Great ShakeOut. Guam Homeland Security/Office of Civil Defense says the event is planned for Thursday, October 15, 2020 at exactly 10:15 a.m. (ChST). Participants will pr
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4.8 magnitude earthquake recordedFri, 25 Sep 2020 05:18:00 +0200.

The U.S. Geological Survey recorded an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8 that struck 50 km north northwest of Asan-Maina Village, Guam with a depth of 184.1 km, at 12:09 p.m. (ChST). There were no reports made to Guam 911 dispa
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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),