M 5.3 in United States on 15 Apr 2021 08:33 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 1264841
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.3M
Depth: 16.68 Km
Lat/Lon: 53.5356 , 171.5978
Event Date: 15 Apr 2021 08:33 UTC
15 Apr 2021 19:33 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 15 Apr 2021 08:54 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000e1qs Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 165 | About casualties: 1 | Last hour: 0

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Light mag. 4.6 earthquake - 27 Km Al SUROESTE De CINTALAPA, CHIS, Mexi ... Mon, 19 Apr 2021 01:36:00 +0200.

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake near Cintalapa de Figueroa, Cintalapa, Chiapas, Mexico, was reported 31 minutes ago by Mexico's National Seismological Service (SSN), considered the main national agency that monitors seismic activity in Mexico. T
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FOREIGN POLICY US backs Japan’s Fukushima plan despite South Korea’s f ... Sun, 18 Apr 2021 19:24:00 +0200.

US climate envoy John Kerry has reaffirmed Washington’s confidence in Japan’s plan to release contaminated water from its crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea despite fierce objection from South Korea. The South Korean foreign mini
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Small 3.1 quake hits near Toyah, Reeves County, Texas, USASun, 18 Apr 2021 03:01:00 +0200.

An earthquake of magnitude 3.1 occurred early evening on Saturday 17 April 2021 at 7:33 pm local time near Toyah, Reeves County, Texas, USA, as reported by the United States Geological Survey. According to preliminary data, the quake was lo
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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),