M 4.9 in Northern East Pacfic Rise on 27 May 2022 18:22 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 1324251
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 8.4395 , -102.9746
Event Date: 27 May 2022 18:22 UTC
27 May 2022 11:22 Local
Exposed Population:
No people affected in 100km
Inserted at: 27 May 2022 18:59 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 ()

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000hd59 Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact -0.59  
  C2 rapid impact 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

Articles: 140 | About casualties: 3 | Last hour: 0

Japan court: Nuclear plant’s tsunami safeguards inadequate2022-05-31T17:55+0200.

TOKYO — A Japanese courtroom on Tuesday ordered a utility to not restart a nuclear energy plant due to insufficient tsunami safeguards, backing the protection issues of residents at a time the federal government is pushing for extra reactor
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Ruins of a 3,400-year-old submerged city in Iraq reappear above river ... 2022-05-31T16:48+0200.

The extensive ancient metropolis is located in Kemune in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, and once sat on the River Tigris. Construction of the Mosul dam took place between 1981 and 1984, and the following spring it began to inundate the Tigri
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Suwanose-jima Volcano Volcanic Ash Advisory: ERUPTED AT 20220531/1252Z ... 2022-05-31T15:31+0200.

Volcanic Ash Advisory Center Tokyo (VAAC) issued the following report: FVFE01 at 13:07 UTC, 31/05/22 from RJTD VA ADVISORY DTG: 20220531/1307Z VAAC: TOKYO VOLCANO: SUWANOSEJIMA 282030 PSN: N2938 E12943 AREA: JAPAN SUMMIT ELEV: 796M ADVISORY
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A 3,400-year-old city emerges from the Tigris River2022-05-31T13:58+0200.

A team of German and Kurdish archaeologists have uncovered a 3,400-year-old Mittani Empire-era city once located on the Tigris River . The settlement emerged from the waters of the Mosul reservoir early this year as water levels fell rapidl
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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 (41), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), (2), INFORM (1), USGS (2),