M 5.1 in Jan Mayen Island Region on 08 May 2022 21:14 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 1321802
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 70.4205 , -15.0897
Event Date: 08 May 2022 21:14 UTC
08 May 2022 20:14 Local
Exposed Population:
No people affected in 100km
Inserted at: 08 May 2022 21:48 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000h7zy Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 earthquake 1  
  C2 earthquake 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Tonga volcanic eruption was the most powerful in more than a century -.. 5/12/2022 8:47:00 PM.

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Tonga volcanic eruption was the most powerful in more than a century -.. 5/12/2022 8:47:00 PM.

Scientists have begun to piece together what happened during the January 15 eruption of the undersea Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano about 65 kilometers (40 miles) north of Tonga's capital that killed at least three people. The eruption h
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New Research Could Provide Earlier Warning of Tsunamis 5/12/2022 7:49:00 PM.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),