M 6.8 in Russian Federation from 15 Aug 2007 20:22 UTC to 20:22

Event summary

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

GDACS ID EQ 29549
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.8M
Depth: 47 Km
Lat/Lon: 50.087 , -177.478
Event Date: 15 Aug 2007 20:22 UTC
15 Aug 2007 08:22 Local
Exposed Population:
No people within 100km
Inserted at: 02 Feb 2017 12:25 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake Tsunami GDACS score
NEIC 0 0 0
Scaled population (vector) n.a Max wave scenario 0m  
  C1 earthquake n.a Max wave realtime 0m  
  C2 earthquake n.a      
  Country Vulnerability n.a      
  INFORM_normalised n.a      
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Latest media headlines

Strong earthquake hits southern Philippines 8/21/2007 5:26:00 AM.

A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.5 hit the southern Philippines on Monday, the United States Geological Survey said. The quake's epicentre was reported to be 209 kilometers south east of the town of Mati in Davao Oriental on Mindanao Isla
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Strong quake rocks southern Philippines 8/20/2007 5:47:00 PM.

A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.5 hit the southern Philippines on Monday, the United States Geological Survey said. Mylene Carols of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said the quake was felt along the east coast of t
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Kenya: Fear Grips Nairobi As Tremors Return 8/19/2007 3:57:00 PM.

The United States Geological Survey Earthquakes Hazards Programme in Denver, Colorado, located the epicentre at 105km north west of Arusha, Tanzania and 205km south west of Nairobi. The institution also put the magnitude of the tremor resul
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Fear grips Nairobi as tremors return 8/19/2007 12:21:00 AM.

By Edith Fortunate and Kipchumba Kemei Earthquake hit Tanzania and sent seismic waves that caused panic in Nairobi. Several buildings in the city shook as a result of the tremors. The United States Geological Survey Earthquakes Hazards Prog
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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 (81), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), WMO (2), (3), INFORM (4), USGS (2),