M 5.1 in Guam on 07 Feb 2016 07:25 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 1080160
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.1M
Depth: 90.75 Km
Lat/Lon: 14.0863 , 145.202
Event Date: 07 Feb 2016 07:25 UTC
07 Feb 2016 17:25 Local
Exposed Population:
174426 people within 100km
Inserted at: 07 Feb 2016 07:48 UTC

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake GDACS score
NEIC -0.9 -0.9
Scaled population (vector) n.a  
  C1 earthquake n.a  
  C2 earthquake n.a  
  Country Vulnerability n.a  
  INFORM_normalised n.a  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
Satellite products
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Latest media headlines

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Guam Power Authority PIO Art Perez tells PNC that the … 2/9/2016 10:45:00 AM.

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Editorials Take steps to ensure the prevention of grass fires 1/29/2016 9:55:00 AM.

Dry conditions in Guam have resulted in a fire weather watch being issued by the National Weather Service. It’s in effect through Monday, primarily in the southern and central hills and grassy areas. “We are stuck in a dry slot,” between a
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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), (3), NEIC (2), OCHA (1), INGV (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),