M 5.9 in United States from 21 Dec 2023 14:55 UTC to 14:55

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1407037
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.9M
Depth: 19.7 Km
Lat/Lon: 51.2372 , -175.321
Event Date: 21 Dec 2023 14:55 UTC
21 Dec 2023 02:55 Local
Exposed Population: Few people affected in MMI&>=III
Inserted at: 21 Dec 2023 15:10 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
ALASKA EC 0 0
ak023gbcg6o5 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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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.

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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),