M 5.1 in United States on 12 May 2021 22:00 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 1268518
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 44.66 Km
Lat/Lon: 51.874 , 176.1982
Event Date: 12 May 2021 22:00 UTC
13 May 2021 10:00 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 12 May 2021 22:16 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

For more info on GDACS alert score click here.
  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000e2ma Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
Analytical products
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 242 | About casualties: 0 | Last hour: 0

Small magnitude 2.9 earthquake 14 km east of Newport, United KingdomSun, 16 May 2021 19:01:00 +0200.

The British Geological Survey (BGS) reported a magnitude 2.9 quake in the United Kingdom near Newport, Wales, 1 hour and 39 minutes ago. The earthquake hit in the afternoon on Sunday 16 May 2021 at 4:16 pm local time at a very shallow depth
...(more)
Earthquake reported about 20 minutes ago near Bristol, England, United ... Sun, 16 May 2021 18:01:00 +0200.

We are receiving unverified early reports of seismic activity in or near Bristol, England, United Kingdom on 16 May 2021 (GMT) at approximately 15:21. There are no details yet on the magnitude or depth of this earthquake. We expect more acc
...(more)
Small magnitude 3.0 earthquake 5 miles west of Redway, California, Uni ... Sun, 16 May 2021 15:57:00 +0200.

An earthquake of magnitude 3.0 occurred only 7 minutes ago 5 miles west of Redway, California, United States, the United States Geological Survey reported. The quake hit at a shallow depth of 10.9 miles beneath the epicenter near Redway, Hu
...(more)
Moderate 4.9 quake hits near Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo De Guzmán, N ... Sun, 16 May 2021 14:59:00 +0200.

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake near Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo De Guzmán, Nacional, Dominican Republic, was reported only 15 minutes ago by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), considered one of the key international agenci
...(more)

View more news

Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

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), CALTECH (1), USGS (2),