M 5.7 in United States on 13 Aug 2020 06:39 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 1230025
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 10.43 Km
Lat/Lon: 53.42 , -163.6973
Event Date: 13 Aug 2020 06:39 UTC
12 Aug 2020 19:39 Local
Exposed Population: No people within 100km
Inserted at: 14 Aug 2020 06:43 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us6000bduv Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap -0.59  
  C2 shakemap 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Articles: 212 | About casualties: 10 | Last hour: 0

Look at the forestSat, 15 Aug 2020 04:52:00 +0200.

To the Editor: We are so wrapped up in the trees that we can't see the forest. It is an old saying that is especially true today. We are heavily involved with what are actually minor problems like the COVID-19 virus, protests, insurrections
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Independence Day ‘reminds us of immense sacrifices rendered by our for ... Fri, 14 Aug 2020 08:15:00 +0200.

I wish to extend my heartiest felicitations to my fellow countrymen on Pakistan’s 74th Independence Day. President Arif Alvi This day reminds us of the immense sacrifices rendered by our forefathers, under the dynamic leadership of Quaid-e-
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A common duty of all: Work safety rules, social reactionsFri, 14 Aug 2020 04:22:00 +0200.

Societies have developed over time along with technological advancements. People who made a living by hunting in the past turned toward agriculture over time and later toward mechanization with the invention of the engine, finally reaching
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‘COVID-19 has accelerated the need for mapping of our indoors’Fri, 14 Aug 2020 01:23:00 +0200.

COVID-19 has created the awareness around and accelerated the need for mapping of our indoors. While importance of location information has been paramount and well recognized since the onset of the pandemic, one thing that didn’t get highli
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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),