Overall Green Earthquake alert in United States from 29 Aug 2025 09:14 UTC to 09:14

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M 5.5 in United States from 29 Aug 2025 09:14 UTC to 09:14

Event summary

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

GDACS ID	EQ 1497999
Earthquake Magnitude:	5.5M
Depth:	77.8 Km
Lat/Lon:	51.6164 , 179.5793
Event Date:	29 Aug 2025 09:14 UTC 29 Aug 2025 00:14 Local
Exposed Population:
Inserted at:	29 Aug 2025 09:25 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:	1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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	Earthquake (Rapid Impact)		GDACS score
ALASKA EC	0		0
ak025b2pylgm	Scaled population (vector)	0
	C1 rapid impact	0
	C2 rapid impact	0
	Country Vulnerability	0
	INFORM_normalised	0

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Latest media headlines

Scramble for survivors after Afghan earthquake kills more than 900 9/2/2025 9:04:00 AM.

Jalalabad, Afghanistan, Sept 2 (AFP) Sep 02, 2025 Rescuers desperately searched Tuesday for survivors in the rubble of homes flattened by an earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan, killing more than 900 people. The 6.0-magnitude earthqu

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Scramble for survivors after Afghan earthquake kills more than 1000 9/2/2025 9:03:00 AM.

Rescuers desperately searched on Tuesday for survivors in the rubble of homes flattened by an earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan, killing more than 1000 people. The 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit remote areas in mountainous provinces

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Scramble for survivors after Afghan earthquake kills more than 900 9/2/2025 9:01:00 AM.

Rescuers desperately searched on Tuesday for survivors in the rubble of homes flattened by an earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan, killing more than 900 people. The 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit remote areas in mountainous provinces n

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Scramble for survivors as Afghan earthquake death toll passes 900 9/2/2025 8:52:00 AM.

Villagers joined the rescue efforts, using their bare hands to clear debris from mud and stone homes built into steep valleys. Obaidullah Stoman, 26, who travelled to the village of Wadir to search for a friend, was overwhelmed by the level

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), (3), NEIC (5), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2), CALTECH (1),

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