M 5 in United States on 08 Apr 2023 20:25 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 1368645
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.0M
Depth: 60 Km
Lat/Lon: 53.779 , -165.229
Event Date: 08 Apr 2023 20:25 UTC
08 Apr 2023 09:25 Local
Exposed Population: 6 thousand in MMI&>=III
Inserted at: 08 Apr 2023 20:34 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NTWC 0 0
at00rstcpz Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

Syria and Tunisia restore diplomatic ties after a decade 4/12/2023 5:30:00 PM.

Border customs officials inspect a truck loaded with United Nations humanitarian aid for Syria following a devastating earthquake at the Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey, in Syria’s Idlib province, on Feb. 10, 2023. A U.N. commission
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Syria and Tunisia restore diplomatic ties after a decade 4/12/2023 4:29:00 PM.

FILE - Border customs officials inspect a truck loaded with United Nations humanitarian aid for Syria following a devastating earthquake at the Bab al-Hawa border crossing with Turkey, in Syria's Idlib province, on Feb. 10, 2023. A U.N. com
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Syria, Tunisia restore diplomatic ties after decade with appointment o.. 4/12/2023 3:15:00 PM.

Tunisia has become the latest Arab state to reestablish diplomatic ties with Syria, after cutting off relations a decade ago. The move by Tunisian President Kais Saied to appoint a new ambassador was immediately approved and reciprocated by
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Tunisia, Syria resume diplomatic ties after almost 11 years 4/12/2023 3:08:00 PM.

Syria is to reopen its diplomatic mission in Tunisia, the two countries have said. The country is gradually coming out of the diplomatic cold in the Arab world, not least after a devastating earthquake in February. is to appoint an ambas
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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), NEIC (5), OCHA (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), (2), INFORM (2), CALTECH (1),