M 6 in United States on 02 Dec 2019 05:01 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 1195803
Earthquake Magnitude: 6.0M
Depth: 27.33 Km
Lat/Lon: 51.3218 , -178.2425
Event Date: 02 Dec 2019 05:01 UTC
01 Dec 2019 19:01 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 03 Dec 2019 05:09 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
2.2 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us70006f6d Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0.65  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 235 | About casualties: 25 | Last hour: 0

'Thunderous' 3.2 earthquake terrifies UK residentsFri, 06 Dec 2019 05:00:00 +0100.

A 3.2 magnitude earthquake has terrified people in Somerset. The southwest English county was shaken by the quake on Thursday evening. One resident described hearing a "thunderous roar" before the quake. "A distant thunderous roar approach
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Commissioner Lenarčič in Albania: EU steps up support following earthq ... Fri, 06 Dec 2019 04:42:00 +0100.

On his first field visit as Europe’s Emergency Response Coordinator, Janez Lenarčič , EU Commissioner for Crisis Management, is in Albania on 5 December to assess the damage after the earthquake which struck the country on 26 November. This
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Somerset earthquake measuring 3.2 magnitude shakes housesFri, 06 Dec 2019 04:31:00 +0100.

Guardian staff and agencies. Fri 6 Dec 2019 03.08 GMT First published on Fri 6 Dec 2019 02.55 GMT An earthquake measuring 3.2 magnitude struck Bridgwater, northeast of Taunton in Somerset at 10.49pm on Thursday 5 December. Photograph: Brit
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'Thunderous' 3.2 earthquake terrifies UK residents 03:51 PMFri, 06 Dec 2019 04:29:00 +0100.

A 3.2 magnitude earthquake has terrified people in Somerset. The southwest English county was shaken by the quake on Thursday evening. One resident described hearing a "thunderous roar" before the quake. "A distant thunderous roar approach
...(more)

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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), (3), NEIC (5), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),