M 5.1 in United States on 05 Nov 2020 12:56 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 1242627
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 21.42 Km
Lat/Lon: 54.1803 , -159.8007
Event Date: 05 Nov 2020 12:56 UTC
05 Nov 2020 01:56 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 05 Nov 2020 13:16 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000cas0 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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Latest media headlines

Articles: 215 | About casualties: 39 | Last hour: 0

Magnitude 3.6 earthquake felt across Massachusetts Sunday morningMon, 09 Nov 2020 05:11:00 +0100.

By Scott J. Croteau | scroteau@masslive.com A magnitude 3.6 earthquake was felt across Massachusetts Sunday morning, according to information from the United States Geological Survey and the flurry of social media posts online. The USGS re
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El día – ACTUALIZACIÓN: El terremoto frente a la costa de Massachusett ... Sun, 08 Nov 2020 23:58:00 +0100.

El Servicio Geológico de los Estados Unidos informó un terremoto de 5 a 6 millas al sur-suroeste de Bliss Corner, Massachusetts, a las 9:10 am con una magnitud preliminar de 4.0. En todo el sureste de Connecticut, la gente recurrió a las re
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Earthquake in Massachusetts displaces more than 20 people in New Bedfo ... Sun, 08 Nov 2020 21:44:00 +0100.

The magnitude 3.6 earthquake Sunday morning in Massachusetts has displaced people in New Bedford, according to the Red Cross. Red Cross volunteers responded to New Bedford and are helping 21 people who were impacted by the earthquake. Offic
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4.0 earthquake hits MassachusettsSun, 08 Nov 2020 18:57:00 +0100.

A 4.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Massachusetts on Sunday morning, the United States Geological Survey said. The quake, which happened around 9:10 a.m. ET, hit a little more than 5 miles off the coast of Bliss Corner, a sma
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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), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),