M 5.3 in United States on 27 Feb 2021 18:59 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 1257774
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 43.2 Km
Lat/Lon: 61.3347 , -150.019
Event Date: 27 Feb 2021 18:59 UTC
27 Feb 2021 09:59 Local
Exposed Population: Less then 100 people in MMI V
410000 people within 100km
Inserted at: 27 Feb 2021 19:14 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
ALASKA EC 0 0
ak0212o88mof Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.65  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 243 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

Magnitude 6.3 earthquake shakes central Greece, felt in BalkansWed, 03 Mar 2021 17:40:00 +0100.

ATHENS, Greece -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of at least 6.0 struck central Greece Wednesday and was also felt in neighboring Albania and North Macedonia, and as far as Kosovo and Montenegro. One man was injured by falling d
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Greece earthquake: 6.9-magnitude tremor felt in Kosovo, Montenegro and ... Wed, 03 Mar 2021 16:57:00 +0100.

was shaken by a 6.9-magnitude earthquake today which was felt in Athens and sent locals into the streets in Larissa close to where the tremor struck. Witnesses in Larissa said that 'buildings were shaking' and 'dust was rising' with one hou
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Greece shaken by 6.2-magnitude earthquakeWed, 03 Mar 2021 16:52:00 +0100.

Authorities say the earthquake struck near Elassona, 238 kilometres from the capital Athens. Copyright A 6.2 magnitude earthquake has struck central Greece near the central town of Larissa. There were no immediate reports of injuries, but
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Moderate mag. 4.6 earthquake - 95 Km SE of Sand Point, Alaska, USA, on ... Wed, 03 Mar 2021 15:35:00 +0100.

The United States Geological Survey reported a magnitude 4.6 quake in the United States near Sand Point, Aleutians East County, Alaska, only 24 minutes ago. The earthquake hit early morning on Wednesday 3 March 2021 at 4:54 am local time at
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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 (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2), CALTECH (1),