M 5.7 in United States on 21 Mar 2025 14:58 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 1473407
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.7M
Depth: 18.5 Km
Lat/Lon: 51.1207 , -176.0236
Event Date: 21 Mar 2025 14:58 UTC
21 Mar 2025 02:58 Local
Exposed Population: Few people affected in MMI&>=III
Inserted at: 21 Mar 2025 15:14 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
1.1 (United States)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Shakemap)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000pllx Scaled population (raster) 0  
  C1 shakemap 0  
  C2 shakemap 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2025. 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

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Magnitude 6.7 quake shakes New Zealand''s South Island 3/25/2025 9:04:00 AM.

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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 (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2), CALTECH (1),