M 5.2 in United States on 12 Jan 2022 01:48 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 1305574
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Depth: 133.36 Km
Lat/Lon: 52.078 , 178.0392
Event Date: 12 Jan 2022 01:48 UTC
11 Jan 2022 15:48 Local
Exposed Population: No people affected in 100km
Inserted at: 12 Jan 2022 02:04 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000gb6l Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. 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

Tsunami waves create seaside spectacle on California coast in wild vid.. 1/16/2022 1:46:00 AM.

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Over 100 People Evacuated From Berkeley Marina Due to Tsunami Advisory 1/16/2022 1:39:00 AM.

It was an early wake up call for residents of the area who say police told them to leave and over 100 people have been evacuated. According to Berkeley police, evacuation orders were lifted for boats and docks at the Berkeley Marina. The ts
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SEQ beaches closed, marine warning in place after Pacific tsunami 1/16/2022 1:20:00 AM.

All south-east Queensland beaches remained closed on Sunday after an underwater volcano erupted off Tonga triggering tsunami warnings along Australia’s east coast. On Saturday night an evacuation order was issued for Lord Howe Island and Ja
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SEQ beaches closed, marine warning in place after Pacific tsunami 1/16/2022 1:18:00 AM.

All south-east Queensland beaches remained closed on Sunday after an underwater volcano erupted off Tonga triggering tsunami warnings along Australia’s east coast. On Saturday night an evacuation order was issued for Lord Howe Island and Ja
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

USGS estimates the number of casualties for each earthquake for the Prompt Assessment of Global Earthquakes for Response (PAGER) product.
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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), NEIC (5), OCHA (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2),